My guess is that normal people, such as the ones least likely to be on Lemmy, don’t do anything when an ad plays. They’re accustomed to seeing them, and aren’t likely to be inclined to stop them, as quite a few on here would. There are always outliers, though.
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You will never see ads skipped through where I am. What's the issue with them?
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I have a TV but don't have cable, completely replaced normal TV with yt, Netflix, and anime. I use brave browser so I don't get ads
I mute them unless I’m interested.
Most ads are obnoxious and feel like I’m getting a headache listening to the same repetitive, obnoxious voices/music.
One of the following:
- Ignore, do nothing.
- Fast forward. An ad break is around 15 min so sometimes we start watching a program late so we can fast forward ads later.
- Change channel. Sometimes half the ad breaks are at the end of the program so by changing channel you don't lose anything lol.
My home is off the grid
Mute the entire TV and use the closed captions when watching the programs. I do this.
Team mute all the way.
BTW I hate using Apple TV.
"Normal people" sit all the way through ads and are having receptacles installed in their carotid arteries for Amazon to pipe petrochemical runoff directly into their blood-brain barriers.
Me? I don't own a working television, I haven't turned on a radio in years, and all of my digital devices run a FOSS operating system I installed on them with layers of ad blockers.