I use ad blockers and open source privacy focused software whenever I can but occasionally I have to use computers that don't belong to me or an older phone where my usual applications aren't installed and seeing all the advertisements just feels dirty and dystopian.

I think the worst ads are the text to speech ones that say "Download this app today". The unblinking energenic people saying you can make a living at home are probably a close second.

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[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 35 points 2 years ago (14 children)

I'm used to seeing brief YouTube ads when I cast from my phone, but I was in a hotel recently where the only option was live TV (we were in the back of the hotel and the Chromecast didn't have a good enough antenna to pick up the router), so it was the first time in years I saw full-on commercials. If the movie hadn't been so good- After the Thin Man- I wouldn't have put up with it.

[–] EssentialCoffee@midwest.social 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The Thin Man series is worth commercials for.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Totally. I was loving it and watched the rest when I got back home.

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