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I am so sick of ads being everywhere. It's such a mental load.
same. fortunately with all the apps I use, I havnt seen an ad anywhere in ages, not on youtube, ig, web, anywhere
My pihole helps quite a bit, but some still sneak in. I had to use a VPN to get a cheap rate for Youtube premium which helps a ton. Instagram ads and mail ads are unavoidable still.
mail ads? on instagram, i use instander (android)
Yes, at least in the US, we get a ton of ads via mail (post). It's a huge pain. I use iOS and I don't think there are any Instagram alternative apps.
oh i remember, i get tons of email ads, theyre just in a separate tab lol. so i never see them
I mean physical mail, lol. You go out to your mailbox and have a handful of crap that you have to throw away.
I genuinely believe ads are a form of pollution. The pollution they spread is psychological but it’s pollution nonetheless, ads exist to make us feel bad about something enough to make a purchase and why shouldn’t things that exist to make us feel bad be removed from our environment?
Absolutely. It's loud, bright, disruptive and disrespectful. And it can make some things and places less accessible. In the last 5-7 years it's really gone out of control. We need serious regulations.