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As I see the TV screen 1/3 covered with scrolling ads during the news and weather,
As I see the bottom of the TV screen showing a box which gives the subject of the news item I'm trying to watch,
As I see the laptop screen covered with popups, videos, and ads on news sites,
As I see the top 1/4 of the laptop screen turned into one giant ad with annoying videos,
As I see websites freezing with "Turn off your ad blocker",
As I see the websites covered with ads which actually cover the content I'm trying to read *after* I turn off the ad blocker,
As I see "Subscribe to our exciting email newsletter!" popups covering the site's screen,
As I see YouTube videos preceded with 30 or 60 second video ads, even tho' I'm signed in to YouTube,
I seriously consider cutting it all off. Why bother using it any more. Enough.
(Side note: when I was a kid, Readers Digest had no ads at all; subscriptions and use fees paid for the magazine. Now I see it's 50% ads.)
yeesh
As I see the bottom of the TV screen showing a box which gives the subject of the news item I'm trying to watch,
As I see the laptop screen covered with popups, videos, and ads on news sites,
As I see the top 1/4 of the laptop screen turned into one giant ad with annoying videos,
As I see websites freezing with "Turn off your ad blocker",
As I see the websites covered with ads which actually cover the content I'm trying to read *after* I turn off the ad blocker,
As I see "Subscribe to our exciting email newsletter!" popups covering the site's screen,
As I see YouTube videos preceded with 30 or 60 second video ads, even tho' I'm signed in to YouTube,
I seriously consider cutting it all off. Why bother using it any more. Enough.
(Side note: when I was a kid, Readers Digest had no ads at all; subscriptions and use fees paid for the magazine. Now I see it's 50% ads.)
yeesh