I diligently mute them, I’m a freak I cannot stand them. But from the nature of many people’s complaints about ads, it seems like they listen to them and want to retain the words they’ve said?

    • SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de
      7·
      1 month ago

      same. something like 17 years here.

      Caught some TV a couple months ago at my moms place, and was horrified about the amount of ad breaks and length. I don’t know how anyone can tolerate this

      • zoostation@lemmy.world
        1·
        1 month ago

        With a DVR you haven’t had to watch a commercial on TV/cable in over 20 years. Streaming is bringing unskippable ads and surveillance. The internet is making things worse, not better.

        • leftzero@lemmynsfw.com
          4·
          1 month ago

          Streaming is bringing unskippable ads and surveillance.

          Torrents bring neither and are higher quality and more user friendly.

          The internet is making things worse, not better.

          No, it’s not. Before the Internet you could only watch what was on, when it was on.

          Now you can torrent anything you want to watch, whenever you want to watch it, and in much higher quality than TV used to be. And, again, without ads, which TV has always been riddled with.

          That’s infinitely better, on multiple metrics.

  • electric_nan@lemmy.ml
    13·
    1 month ago

    I take ads as a personal attack on my psyche. I turn my toothpaste around so I’m not looking at the logo. I pirate any shows I want to watch, and I use uBlock Origin in my browser.

  • ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.orgEnglish
    7·
    1 month ago

    I found a cool way of ad-blocking back when I watched TV. Probably does not work anymore, and relies on Teletext page 888 (closed captions, the number varies by country) not being updated during ads.

    1. Mute
    2. Switch to another channel and back to clear Teletext cache
    3. Turn on fullscreen Teletext, any page (I like the 89x test patterns)
    4. Type “888” as the page you want to go to
    5. The TV will now wait for 888 to be broadcast, which only happens after ads and trailers
    6. The program is now running with captions. Disable Teletext and unmute if you want sound instead.
  • pedz@lemmy.ca
    6·
    1 month ago

    I can’t stand ads. It’s even worse on TV when they yell them at you. So I actually stopped watching TV in 2009 because I couldn’t stop the ads, and I was tired to have the TV trying to convince me to buy a car every 15 minutes.

    If I want to watch something that was on TV, I download it from… * the internet *.

    My parents still watch TV and just let the ads blast in the background, and we need to yell over them to talk. I hate it. Then they’re like “oh it’s just like in the ad”. I don’t know how they can tolerate this. I did when I was younger but when I realized that the TV was trying to sell me twice a car in 15 minutes, or about 8 times an hour, I couldn’t help but notice and it’s just really annoying.

    • TimewornTraveler@lemm.ee
      6·
      1 month ago

      Marketers: “So what you’re saying is, the problem is that the ad was not personally relevant to you??? Can we collect more of your personal data to give you ads based on who we think you are?” skin cream

  • wia@lemmy.ca
    6·
    1 month ago

    What are ads?

    I haven’t had an ad in my house or on my devices in like 15years. I block all ads.

    When I go elsewhere or out and see an ad I literally get confused for a second before I remember people still let them play.

    Don’t suffer through ads friend.

    • BruceTwarzen@lemm.ee
      6·
      1 month ago

      People think i’m crazy when i tell them that. I think it’s crazy to get ass blasted by ads. The only time i see an ad is when i’m at someone’s home and the tv is running. I’m almost mesmerized by it because of how bad and frequent they appear.

  • infinite_ass@leminal.space
    6·
    1 month ago

    Visit a house where they have the tv on all the time. Commercials and everything. It’s harsh.

    I jolly roger everything. No commercials.

  • GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca
    5·
    1 month ago

    One of the best things I did was raise my kids ad-free for the first 5 or 6 years of their lives. The first time they saw ads, they were baffled about what they were, then they were baffled why people would put up with them.

  • Smokeydope@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    1 month ago

    Ads aren’t a thing in my life. On the off day I have to visit someone who lives with ads and suffer through one or two I tough it out, or look at my phone, or do something different.

    I don’t watch live TV. I dont pay for any subscription services except phone service and internet data. I watch YouTube content that has the ads stripped out. I download youtube videos that get often rewatched to hard drive. For movies I buy DVD that can have the drm stripped out.

    I play good video games preferably drm free (steam is the one service I can’t really give up easy, but it has offline mode and the deck so praise gaben!). I read e-books that are drm free. I have a mp3 player downloaded with all my music drm free.

    The better question is, why are you willing to live with ads at all? Assuming you are in control of your living situation and have the power change whats shown on tv or played through speakers.

    Why would you tolerate being constantly bombarded with manipulative messaging by companies, political canpaigns, and all the other powerful groups who want to affect he masses for their benefit?

    Why is it so hard just say no? To give up the forms of toxic entertainment delivery? Why can’t you sacrifice ease and convinence and familiarity to regain some control overhow your attention is spent during free time?

    If you like something, buy it and really take the steps to own it physically.

  • 2ugly2live@lemmy.world
    2·
    1 month ago

    I haven’t seen an add in years, but I would mute or do something else like a regular commercial break. You know, snack, maybe bathroom, check my phone, etc.

  • Camzing@lemmy.world
    2·
    1 month ago

    Has anyone watched an NHL game lately. They got annoying moving ads on the boards. Hard to concentrate on the puck with whirling ads in the background. Someone needs to use AI to counter thier AI. It’s enough for me to stop watching. And I mute ads of course.