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   linear cannon (linear@nya.social)'s status on Saturday, 21-Oct-2023 06:48:06 JST linear cannon

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   • Craig Nicol
   • Alexander Hanff

   @craignicol@octodon.social @thatprivacyguy@eupolicy.social
   
   when i was more actively watching youtube, i used sponsorblock, because many sponsor segments in videos are the same way - it doesn't matter that the delivery is from the individual creator and not the platform. it, again in a literal sense, pains me to watch.
   
   i do not use music streaming services, in part because i want to have control over my music library, and because of other ethical concerns around actually paying artists, but also because they are supported by ads and insert those into the audio stream
   
   ultimately, if i cannot filter out ads from a thing i want to use or experience, then i simply will not use the thing; and a world where everything is ad supported is a world that i will not be able to exist in

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     linear cannon (linear@nya.social)'s status on Saturday, 21-Oct-2023 06:48:08 JST linear cannon

     • Craig Nicol
     • Alexander Hanff

     @craignicol@octodon.social @thatprivacyguy@eupolicy.social yes. i do object. i consider this sort of advertising to be actively hostile, and to be a disability concern.
     
     my wife and i do not watch TV. both of us agree that the only reason we don't is because of TV ads. my wife and i are both autistic, and we find these ads not just obtrusive, but very literally, painful. we are not the only ones.
     
     when we visit my parents' house, they have televisions playing constantly. we absolutely cannot stand it, solely because of the ads. even when their televisions are "off", their smart TVs scroll ads along. this is the worst part, by a very wide margin, of visiting my family.
     
     back when i used to use twitter, and used it on a phone where i couldn't block ads, i actually trained myself to instictively defocus my eyes whenever i saw the "promoted" icon, and block the ad without thinking about it or seeing what it was, because that was the only way i could use the app at all. i use an independent search engine that i pay for, so that i do not have to worry about it showing me ads. my answer to youtube breaking ad blockers has simply been to no longer watch youtube (i will not give money to an ad company, which is what google/youtube/et al are)

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