▲ 154 ▼ Remember all those time they told you something and you said "Oh that will never happen"? Well remember this (lemmy.world) submitted 6 months ago by Mickey7@lemmy.world to c/memes@lemmy.world 24 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] null@piefed.nullspace.lol 0 points 6 months ago (1 child) Network effect. And most people's tolerance for ads is crazy high. So those people can chat with me through a Matrix bridge while I wear my hazmat suit. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] eneff@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 6 months ago (1 child) Yeah but it's exactly that tolerance that I don't understand – on an emotional level. Sure I can rationally construct reasons for why this has developed in this way and why people got used to it, but I can't get entirely get rid of this initial "how can the third ad in 20 minutes of video not make you furious?" reaction. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] null@piefed.nullspace.lol 1 point 6 months ago I can only assume it's a frog in a pot of boiling water type situation for people that haven't just used ad-blockers since their creation. Also a lot of people just pay for premium to remove them instead. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] eneff@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 6 months ago (1 child) Yeah but it's exactly that tolerance that I don't understand – on an emotional level. Sure I can rationally construct reasons for why this has developed in this way and why people got used to it, but I can't get entirely get rid of this initial "how can the third ad in 20 minutes of video not make you furious?" reaction. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] null@piefed.nullspace.lol 1 point 6 months ago I can only assume it's a frog in a pot of boiling water type situation for people that haven't just used ad-blockers since their creation. Also a lot of people just pay for premium to remove them instead. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] null@piefed.nullspace.lol 1 point 6 months ago I can only assume it's a frog in a pot of boiling water type situation for people that haven't just used ad-blockers since their creation. Also a lot of people just pay for premium to remove them instead. permalink fedilink source parent