Yes, this instance is definitely the wrong place to ask, but maybe I’ll be surprised.

I hate commercial ads. I consider them intolerable and violating. I’m far from alone in this perspective (see: famous Banksy quote, and subvertising + related cultures). It’s one of the rawest forms of exploitative manipulation.

So surely you can understand my confusion whenever I see people just watching ads on their phone until they finish, or even watching ads on television until their show starts again. Come on, just do something else for 4 minutes (most channels run two 4 minute segments per half hour, that why your downloaded TV episodes are 22 minutes each instead of 30)

Is there a more meaningful answer than “laziness”?

  • TrackinDaKraken@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    3 months ago

    I’ve spent the past 35 years actively avoiding viewing ads. I was radicalized by AdBusters magazine when I was ~25. It used to be harder, because you’d need to either turn off the TV or change the channel, and magazines were filled with them, you couldn’t tear them out because the back of the ad was the other half of the article.

  • astraeus@lemmy.mldeleted by creator
    7·
    3 months ago

    I try to get people to get on ublock but most boomers truly dgaf it’s so odd

    • yermaw@sh.itjust.works
      3·
      3 months ago

      As one of the guys who just rawdogs unfiltered internet, I like to think im doing everyone a favour. The websites get that per-impression revenue and the ad block crowd have one less person on their lifeboat.

      None of these advertisers are going to get my money because I have none to spend. I cant even afford the luxuries I want. Im looking forward to payday in 2 weeks time so I can buy whatever snacks are going supercheap in my local discount shop

  • 64bithero@lemmy.world
    4·
    3 months ago

    I hate ads but I realize I don’t watch nearly as many movies as I use to cause I have no idea what anything is about. I use to from watching lots of trailers in tv ads.

    Maybe I can start watching movie trailers on you tube ?

  • kibiz0r@midwest.socialEnglish
    3·
    3 months ago

    I avoid the potential presence of ads.

    I recall seeing some research that suggested “ignoring” ads makes you more susceptible to their content. I couldn’t find it after a couple searches though.

  • greenbelt@lemy.lol
    31·
    3 months ago

    Commercials can sometimes be interesting to analyze, if you try to watch them objectively? What are the current desires, what do they want you to desire, and what are cultural trends?

  • anal_groove_parabola@lemmy.myserv.oneEnglish
    0·
    3 months ago

    One of the advantages of owning an EV is that I am not subjected to the ads at gas pumps anymore.

    I charge at home so I don’t see the charger ads either.