I have a tab open that just loads a different ad every time I refresh. Apparently they've also started showing you a popup telling you that Youtube does not allow adblocking, telling you to either allow ads or buy YT Premium. Haven't seen that one myself, just started getting pre-video ads.

Seeing an ad on my desktop computer felt like someone just invaded my personal space or dipped their nuts in my drink while making eye contact, like I'm used to the browsing experience on phones sucking ass but I haven't had to deal with ads on PC in over a decade, it literally feels alien :what-the-hell:

  • blobjim [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    You can easily disable gmail ads, I didn't even know they existed https://support.google.com/mail/thread/53671600/how-to-remove-the-ads-in-gmail?hl=en

    • bloop [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      That link isn’t working for me. You can disable ads in gmail completely? I’ve only been able to turn off “ad personalization”

      • blobjim [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        The answer in the link is

        The ads only appear when you use the tabbed Inbox interface, and only in Promotions and Social tabs. To stop seeing ads, either switch to a different Inbox view or disable those tabs.

        Add or remove inbox categories & tabs in Gmail

        If that doesn't work, it might be some other personalization setting.

        If I go to my gmail settings on the web, I see a bunch of settings that say "Turn on smart features and personalization in Gmail, Chat, and Meet to.... (enable a disabled feature)"