I'll never understand how some online services think nagging users for having an ad blocker is a good idea. If your business model relies on guilt-tripping people instead of offering real value, your app or service wasn't great to begin with. Everyone should have the right to block the garbage out of their internet - I fully support using ad blockers, because constant tracking, autoplay videos, and noise ruin both the experience and privacy.

I'd happily pay for a clean, ad-free version of any service I find genuinely useful long-term. But shaming me for using a free service while protecting my attention and privacy? That just makes me close the tab. "It's a free service" or "the dev works so hard" aren't winning arguments - they're just moral posturing.

#Ads #OnlinePrivacy #Privacy #Freemium

Rhaaaaa mais je croyais avoir viré toutes ces merdes déjà ! Mais laissez-moi bosser en paix bordayl ! 🤬

#Windows #Publicite #Ads

Rhaaaaa mais je croyais avoir viré toutes ces merdes déjà ! Mais laissez-moi bosser en paix bordayl ! 🤬

#Windows #Publicite #Ads

When the news site's #adblocker detector openly admits that the site's #ads are "intrusive", you have to wonder what thought processes got us here…

I'll carry on using the "Reader view" bypass for as long as it works, thanks.

When the news site's #adblocker detector openly admits that the site's #ads are "intrusive", you have to wonder what thought processes got us here…

I'll carry on using the "Reader view" bypass for as long as it works, thanks.

I had a crash that took down Firefox, so when I restarted it it was the newest version (an update I'd installed, but hadn't restarted after).

I just went looking through the settings pages, which is a habit I've unfortunately had to get into because #Firefox and #Mozilla keep adding new anti-user fuckery in their continuing quest to drive users away from the only product they make that anyone gives two shits about.

And lo and behold, this is the new fuckery I found. Enabled by default. And it reinforces the need to go check for this bullshit every version update.

Firefox, if you had asked me how to cut my already diminishing trust in you to do the right thing by your users to near zero, I wouldn't have even dreamed this batshittery up. It's so much worse than I would have suggested. I have all the crap turned off - silently adding new crap and silently defaulting it to on is 1995-era Microsoft-screwing-the-users.

You feel you need to add this shit? Fine. But show me a dialog asking me whether I want it on or not when that version first starts. Don't turn it on behind my back and HOPE I DON'T NOTICE.

#fuckery#TwoShits #batshittery #abuse #DarkPattern #user#BehindYourBack#Enabled#EnabledByDefault #permission#AskPermission #sponsored #ads #privacy#version #update #bullshit

Well, that is good news. Next up is stopping selling "personalized" ads. Context sensitive ads is the way forward, IMHO. They worked just fine and they were a lot less intrusive.

#Ads#EU#Europa#Politics #surveillance

https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/25/meta-to-stop-selling-political-ads-in-the-eu-from-october/?utm_campaign=social&utm_source=threads&utm_medium=organic

I absolutely love RSS! It’s like having a personal internet librarian — quietly bringing you the latest from your favorite sites. No algorithms, no ads, no FOMO. Just pure content, on your terms.

#RSS #ads

I absolutely love RSS! It’s like having a personal internet librarian — quietly bringing you the latest from your favorite sites. No algorithms, no ads, no FOMO. Just pure content, on your terms.

#RSS #ads

The #Internet is Dying: #AI, Bots, and The End of #Human Content - by Vanessa Wingårdh

https://yewtu.be/watch?v=J5ZmLvy_Jfg
(or YT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5ZmLvy_Jfg)

This should be common knowledge by now, but there is still a small chance that it's not, so let's make sure it definitely will be.

#Capitalism#Advertisment#Ads#Society#GenAI#GenerativeAI#Philosophy

The #Internet is Dying: #AI, Bots, and The End of #Human Content - by Vanessa Wingårdh

https://yewtu.be/watch?v=J5ZmLvy_Jfg
(or YT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5ZmLvy_Jfg)

This should be common knowledge by now, but there is still a small chance that it's not, so let's make sure it definitely will be.

#Capitalism#Advertisment#Ads#Society#GenAI#GenerativeAI#Philosophy

> "Some of these forced changes in consumption patterns are often explained away by manufacturers and retailers alike with the phrase "Nobody wants that anymore." Laptops with 4:3 or 5:4 screens, for example. Or slightly bulkier laptops but with decent thermal design. Or a laptop with a DVD player that will let me watch one of the many movies I own that's not available on a streaming service."

https://www.datagubbe.se/lessads/

#ads #adblocking #tech

> "Some of these forced changes in consumption patterns are often explained away by manufacturers and retailers alike with the phrase "Nobody wants that anymore." Laptops with 4:3 or 5:4 screens, for example. Or slightly bulkier laptops but with decent thermal design. Or a laptop with a DVD player that will let me watch one of the many movies I own that's not available on a streaming service."

https://www.datagubbe.se/lessads/

#ads #adblocking #tech

So. With all the piles of data Google amassed on me, YouTube uses cutting edge machine learning tech to serve me ads of... cars and car services. To me who at most drove 3-4 times per month, eventually sold my car for good, and stopped driving a few years ago. I haven't been googling for or visiting car resources for at least a dozen years. Impressive targeting.

#ads #google #YouTube

Well, that is good news. Next up is stopping selling "personalized" ads. Context sensitive ads is the way forward, IMHO. They worked just fine and they were a lot less intrusive.

#Ads#EU#Europa#Politics #surveillance

https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/25/meta-to-stop-selling-political-ads-in-the-eu-from-october/?utm_campaign=social&utm_source=threads&utm_medium=organic

The fediverse is big enough for me to find like-minded people who can teach me new things, but not big enough to be interesting for ad companies and “fast content” creators.

I don’t think I want the fediverse to become mainstream. I like our little bubble of misfits.

#fediverse #mainstream #ads

The fediverse is big enough for me to find like-minded people who can teach me new things, but not big enough to be interesting for ad companies and “fast content” creators.

I don’t think I want the fediverse to become mainstream. I like our little bubble of misfits.

#fediverse #mainstream #ads

HP is putting #ads on their (Microsoft Windows) laptops. Isn't that special?

(why, yes, we are having a Linux installfest next month, see my pinned toot for details)

https://www.adweek.com/commerce/hp-is-launching-an-ad-business-with-laptop-targeted-ads-and-a-streaming-service/