like legit everytime i see someone advertise raid shadow legends on youtube or see some shitty meme ad for snickers it just makes me cringe. advertisements literally have the opposite effects they should have on me lmao

  • adamantris [he/him,des/pair]
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    4 years ago

    Thats why i cant stand living without adblock. I even have gone out of my way to install an adblocker and special youtube client on my fire tv stick.

    • Dirt_Owl [comrade/them, they/them]
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      4 years ago

      It always blows my mind to remember that most people don't use AdBlock.

      I tried turning it off not long ago only to find YouTube had doubled the number of ads and has made them unskippable. Needless to say, AdBlock went right back on.

    • GnastyGnuts [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      How can you put adblock on those fire stick things? Didn't know that was possible.

      • adamantris [he/him,des/pair]
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        4 years ago

        The magic works because the OS is based on Android and it allows for the installation of apps outside the store. For general adblock, i use Blokada which works by setting up a local VPN that filters out ad traffic. For youtube tho, they somehow manage to bypass it on tv. For that case i installed Smart Youtube TV which uses its own client with an inbuilt ad filter.