Google To Allow Double Serving Ads.

[doctortofu@reddthat.com]

...because if I'm not interested in something, I might change my mind after I see it a bunch more times on the same fucking page - what a brilliant idea! Hell, put the ad in 50 different spots and make me click no less than 7 times to close each one - who knows, maybe that will encourage me to buy whatever shit you're peddling!

[Guest]

plug in $20 laptop from craigslist and disable internet on your tvs

[Guest]

plug in $20 laptop from craigslist and disable internet on your tvs

[baguettefish@discuss.tchncs.de]

frequency does help a lot with a customer actually going through with a purchase, but really this is just another way for advertisers to spend more on the same ad spot, because now your competitors can screw you out of multiple opportunities instead of just one

[Guest]

DV is difficult to get working properly on PC, and last time I tried to set up an HTPC I ran into tons of remote control issues and it wasn't simple enough that I could just hand the remote over to a guest (or my spouse).

2019 Shield has plenty of issues sure, but it still seems like the best option for me, personally.

Agree about disable network on the TV itself.

[Guest]

I think I remember being able to switch to anonymous user with it.

[maggiwuerze@feddit.org]

Sure, after you've waded through the swamp of Roku ads, you could get an adfree youtube experience with that

[zarxrax@lemmy.world]

I dunno, all I see on Roku is an image banner on the home screen. I never even look at it.

[maggiwuerze@feddit.org]

destroying genuine grass-roots causes and spreading astroturfing to hinder popular movements, unions,…

In my city there is a public vote planned for an ad free cityscape and all of a sudden i see adverts claiming that only adverts keep stuff like Soup kitchens or other charities in the publics focus and how good ads are in public space. It's a goddamn disease

[maggiwuerze@feddit.org]

Have a look at Qualityland, it has (satirical) ads in it. The whole thing is a comment on consumerism

[Guest]

When we replaced our computers years ago we used the old parts to build a low-spec, but functional, computer to hook up to the TV. Paired with a wireless mouse/keyboard we dont really notice a difference in ease of use compared to a streaming device.

[biggerbogboy@sh.itjust.works]

Seeming that I'm getting increasingly pissed off by Spotify giving 5 or more ads without 30 minute adless times and for every 5th song rather than every 8th or 10th, I'm gonna have even more stress from the doubling of all google ads.

At least ublock origin lite does its job pretty well on YouTube, so I won't need to worry until google eventually kills that too.

[vane@lemmy.world]

Sorry I don't watch ads, can be funniest joke on planet if there is brand name in it I don't listen, my immune system don't allow me to do that.

[taladar@sh.itjust.works]

Oh yeah, completely forgot to list the destruction of aesthetically pleasing views with public advertising boards and the waste of lifetime spent on watching ads in my list.

[Guest]

Just checked, sounds like that program isn't working anymore.

[maggiwuerze@feddit.org]

Don't forget light pollution that wrecks peoples and animals biorythms

[maggiwuerze@feddit.org]

They are fictional

[vane@lemmy.world]

Well, advertisement is form of expression. I don't accept that kind of expression in general just like some people have food intolerance.

[backgrndnoize@lemmy.world]

Or some cheap Raspberry Pi box or those sail the high seas streaming sticks or a Nvidia shield, so many better options than giving the Spyware and adware filled TV OS from getting access to your internet

[justanotherkay@lemmy.world]

Not sure when the last time you tried doing this is, but it's pretty easy these days. KDE connect can pretty much handle most of the HTPC necessities. Alternatively, a debloated Onn box will do the trick quite easily