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Commercials Are Streaming’s New Norm, and Creators Aren’t Happy: “It’s Almost Worse Than Broadcast” (www.hollywoodreporter.com)
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[–] 22 points 2 years ago (5 children)

That’s what you’re seeing. Not what I’m seeing. Welcome to the wonderful world of targeted ads.

I only get Doctor Drew telling me stuff is a metabolism killer.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    You guys watch ads on YouTube? When YT gets the better of UblockO for a couple days, I just open the YT homepage, see which of the regular channels I check out have new videos or I look through my recommended and then I open piped or yewtu.be. Fuck YT. I refuse to watch ads. When I open a YT link through lemmy, I’ll close the window immediately if an ad starts playing. Fuck these companies.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I get douche bros peddling instant meal powder crap. Which I have never, ever, looked for or researched, but my wife's shopping habits tend to dictate my ads, even though we're on completely different devices.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago

    I mostly get ads for stuff I've researched online; anything I buy for the house, kitchen, or simply tools for business, I make sure is "Buy It For Life" quality

    Targeted ads are hilarious. Yes, Google, I did. I did just buy a pair of Knipex Cobra pipe grips. That will be the last time ever I buy them, and they will still be hanging around a secondhand shop 150 years after I've turned to fuckin dust. The advert for Shungong Best Grip is a fuckin waste of electrons

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Weird then that I don't need insurance and am not looking for insurance...

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    And I’m super skinny and don’t need to speed up my metabolism. It’s not perfect, but we both sit in a demographic cohort that seems to really buy what they’re pushing to us.

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