At that point, retro gaming is where it’s at, or piracy, or board games, basically ANYTHING else is better than that.
Sadly it does feel we are very close to this… 😢
Black Mirror
Which episode was this?
I’m not OP, but I’m guessing Fifteen Million Merits (S01E02)
Think it’s Fifteen Million Merits
Well, that’s certainly one way to reduce our screen time. I’ve got shelves of neglected books that need attention.
Is it time to put googly eyes on my testicles again? Do I have permission?
You take them off?
Yes
I’ll quit using anything that does that.
It’s your government issued app, required to access services like hospitals and social security.
I’ll put a bomb in my underwear
You know we have toilets for that, right?
But where’s the fun in that?
Watching the ceramic 'splode and water go everywhere. Endless entertainment for literally dozens of seconds!
I’ll quite that government
Where you gonna go without your government issued passport?
Seriously? Seek political asylum eslewhere.
Not so seriously? Go SovCiv
This will cause riots, lol.
If trump isn’t causing riots, this won’t either.
True. If I ever use the internet without an adblocker, I am instantly reminded of how much heavy lifting it does. Normies will just roll over and take this since they are quite used to watching series of unskippable ads at this point.
We will just have sketchy apps we download happily that trick the phone into thinking we are looking, further bloating them.
How cute of them to think that they’ll have access to camera or that I got a camera in the first place
I would just stop using whatever the service is. For as long as I can that is. Not long before our new dictatorship might force us to watch ads for crucial services.
The amount of times I’ve been watching youtube, it queueing up ads, and me just pressing the home button to switch to newpipe is immeasurable
Why arent you blocking ads?
Revanced is a game changer
Better than AdGuard, Ublock and all those?
Those don’t block ads from same domain, network wide. Dns adblock will block 90%+.
Device specific for ublock origin and adguard plugins, can’t put that on a Nintendo switch.
I can’t live without adblock and unhook lol, but my phone seems too old and shitty to run the web version of youtube without draining battery.
That’s when I’d put my “smart” phone in the toaster and go dust off the Nokia 3310
Ya im not using ANY device that does this.
Next it’ll be the NoeyePhone, sold without the eye contact-tracking hardware.
I hope this idea is patented by a patent troll who has no intention of licensing it out for a reasonable cost…
No ads, no masters.
There’s never been a worthwhile server with unskippable or unblockable ads.
This is exactly why I stopped watching Twitch. It was the only service I tolerated ads on. Until they hit a point where the frequency and number of ads were just unbearable and I haven’t opened the site since.
Like one person uses them responsibly, like specifically for bathroom breaks, forces them at specific times so people don’t miss out on content.
Twitch also requires you to do a certain number of ads per hour/amount of ad time per hour in order to hit the partnership levels for decent pay. Otherwise, IIRC, Twitch puts their own ads in and the streamer doesn’t receive any revenue from the ads.
I think Thor over at Pirate Software did a video on it back when that whole “Twitch Adpocalypse” drama was happening.
Yeah, the issue is that if you don’t run ads, Twitch will just put their own in before your stream starts. And this absolutely kills any sort of discoverability for your channel; If new viewers have to watch 90 seconds of ads before they can even see your stream, they’ll just bail.
So for the sake of growing your channel, it’s actually better to run ads. Because then your viewers aren’t immediately blasted by a ton of unskippable ads as soon as they start your stream.
Thor is the one person I was referencing
Why not just use an adblock?
Ad block software doesn’t work on Twitch anymore because they embed the ads directly into the stream.
Doesn’t work on Twitch; They embed the ads directly in the stream. If you block the ads, you also block the stream.
Look up Twitch Ad Solutions, there’s a github page where you can find a couple different options. The Alternate Twitch player another commentor mentioned is what I use because I like the adjustable chat and auto-collect bits feature
Alternate Player for Twitch on firefox makes the stream load for a few seconds and makes it a little pixelated for a few seconds, but I’ve never seen an ad on it, and the feed is nearly continuous.
Twitch adblocking could use a few more solutions, though.
Oh, is that right? I basically only watch 1 channel and I’m subbed, so I guess I just never noticed… I tried to get an ad on Twitch for the past 30 minutes watching several streamers though and didn’t get a single one.
You can make a black screen to cover up the ads, you can’t skip it, but you can avoid seeing it.
Also, you can VPN to russia 😉
Thanks, putin
(for context: Russian IPs do not see ads because of sanctions)
Also, regulation.
For instance you’re not allowed to advertise alcohol in Finland. One time I saw someone else’s stream or something which made me realise I’ve never seen any beer ads online really.
That’s an immediate uninstall.
relax, when the industry puts this into practice (not IF but WHEN) they will stick it very slowly in us until we get used to it and don’t even realize that we already accept it quietly without complaining
Unironically they’re basically already doing that by having ads longer than the skip button, as you trade off ignoring the ad for the full duration and paying attention when you’re intended video starts for paying attention waiting for the “Skip Ad” button.
Even just that short 5 seconds is enough for an ad to get embedded in your brain with enough repeated exposure.
Maybe it’s because I’m autistic but that has the opposite effect on me. If I see your ad enough to remember the product that just means I’m going to avoid that product like a fuckin plague.
Same. If I’m interested or looking for that product, I’ll do my research.
Just got a new pair of chukkas from a company I’ve never heard of (Thursday) based on research. Not ready to spend $500 for some boots, these were great quality at reasonable price for me.
Is this an ASD thing? That would make a lot of sense for my own behavior, if so.
You’re not immune to advertising and propaganda. Nobody is. Ads almost never work by directly making you think ‘i should buy this’. You’re even less immune to advertising and propaganda if you tell yourself you are, because that’ll make you less interested in working against it.
I wouldn’t say I think I’m immune simply that it generally works in the opposite direction.
I’m definitely not immune but sometimes an ad is annoying enough I decide I’m done with that company for a few years at least.
I haven’t bought Burger King since they started running that annoying fucking whopper ad, literally what pushed me into finally installing uBlock
Same. It’s a great way to get my hatred
“Please watch this 5-minute advertisment to uninstall the app. Don’t break eye contact.”
uninstall your OS
“Before you delete your OS, would you like to know about the hot singles in your area?”
That’s a good way to make some of us dedicate the energy to building and flashing custom firmware.
Banking apps that need the ads to authenticate you for some reason: “Nuh uh!”
rant
Seriously, why the fuck do they depend on everything in your system to work? On my debloated Android there are like 20 different invasive packages that I can’t disable because they break my bank’s app.
This is what credit unions are for. If you have an account, you own a piece of it. There are no billionaire investors that don’t even use the service to ruin everything.
That’s not even an install. A non-camera/video chat/QR scan app demanding permanent (!) access to the camera is a big No no
Kenneth Lamar Noid proved that violence is an effective means of stopping advertisements
throws phone against a wall
Oh wow! It worked! The ad is gone!
