Honestly, I'm not against ads, I understand that a site with free articles needs to pay the bills somehow. The reason I use ad block is that online ads have become so intrusive that it makes websites unusable, and the way they track you is way over the line. If ads didn't completely destroy the experience of reading a website and were reasonable in the data they collected I probably wouldn't bother with ad block.

[–] Sludgeyy@lemmy.world 17 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Good take

I wouldn't even be against sharing some information so they could give me better ads

I'm not in the market for a new car. I don't need car ads.

But knowing I shop at Something Hardware a lot and they are having a spring black friday sale on the tool I've been eyeing would be nice.

Even still Something Hardware just slapping their logo in an ad is not helpful at all.

If ads were helpful they wouldn't be annoying

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 10 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The website you’re on gives that information

They don’t need to track for that

Eg. Looking at car reviews, here’s a car ad. Watching the news? Here’s a gun ad

[–] holycrap@lemm.ee 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I feel like there's some social commentary here somewhere but it might just be a bit too subtle.

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 6 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I don’t like cars

[–] fulcrummed@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

That’s cos you like boobies instead!

[–] melpomenesclevage@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago

Sensible.

[–] melpomenesclevage@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago

But that's not what they're for. They exist to influence you abd control you, not infirm you and help you collaborate.

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