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minus-squareTelorand@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down1·2 days agoStart teaching people to ignore ads. I know I do, and it’s something my parents taught me when I was younger. It won’t help with data collection, but it will make it a lot harder for these assholes to put the pieces together.
minus-squaretfmOPAlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·2 days agoHow about teaching them to install Adblockers?
minus-squareTelorand@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 days agoOnly helps wherever adblockers work, but I’m all for a multiple discipline approach!
minus-square🇦🇺𝕄𝕦𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕕𝕔𝕣𝕠𝕔𝕕𝕚𝕝𝕖@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 days agoThe only place adblockers don’t work is real world billboards.
minus-squareSidyctism2@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-219 hours agoi would be much more interested in the whole AR-glasses BS if one of them had an app that blocks ads in real life
minus-square🇦🇺𝕄𝕦𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕕𝕔𝕣𝕠𝕔𝕕𝕚𝕝𝕖@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·20 hours agoI think ar glasses would be cool regardless but adblock is defiantly a top priority application.
minus-squareHubertManne@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·2 days agoHonestly whats even the point. It shows that she is losing income and will buy cheaper juice so its advertising cheaper juice brands which she is going to buy anyway. It honestly seems very stupid.
minus-squareTelorand@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoYou could make the argument that someone could guide her to a specific cheap brand, but I agree that it’s stupid
Start teaching people to ignore ads. I know I do, and it’s something my parents taught me when I was younger.
It won’t help with data collection, but it will make it a lot harder for these assholes to put the pieces together.
How about teaching them to install Adblockers?
Only helps wherever adblockers work, but I’m all for a multiple discipline approach!
The only place adblockers don’t work is real world billboards.
i would be much more interested in the whole AR-glasses BS if one of them had an app that blocks ads in real life
I think ar glasses would be cool regardless but adblock is defiantly a top priority application.
Honestly whats even the point. It shows that she is losing income and will buy cheaper juice so its advertising cheaper juice brands which she is going to buy anyway. It honestly seems very stupid.
You could make the argument that someone could guide her to a specific cheap brand, but I agree that it’s stupid