• Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        20
        ·
        9 months ago

        I actually don’t (well, didn’t) mind advertising, to an extent.

        I liked seeing what new products or services are out there, or deals I may have not known about otherwise; but advertisers have taken it so far that you can’t have a reasonable amount anymore. You either block it all or get bombarded relentlessly.

        I wouldn’t even use an ad blocker if the ads weren’t disrupting the content I’m actually here to see. YouTube for example was fine when it just had banner ads around the video player; as soon as they started forcing you to watch video ads to be able to watch the actual video you came there for is when it became a problem to me.

        Gave em an inch and they took a mile. Now they get nothing.

        • captainlezbian@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          11
          ·
          9 months ago

          Yeah I don’t mind phone website ads that are just in the middle of content, but no you’re playing video ads which fuck with my hearing aids while taking up a third of my screen in scrolling. Fuck you no

      • flerp@lemm.ee
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        12
        arrow-down
        1
        ·
        9 months ago

        There should be one specific place where advertisements are allowed and contained. If you need X, go to the X page on the one place for advertising and check out your options. No more shoving things people don’t need down their throats. Make people seek out the things they need rather than be convinced they need what they don’t.

    • RQG@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      4
      ·
      edit-2
      9 months ago

      Hey we have a law for that in our country. There are some exceptions but those have to be individually permitted.

      That being said fantasy sports bets and some other gambling games try to dodge the classification as a gambling game.