I've been blocking ads for so long that actually seeing them feels perverse

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I use ad blockers and open source privacy focused software whenever I can but occasionally I have to use computers that don't belong to me or an older phone where my usual applications aren't installed and seeing all the advertisements just feels dirty and dystopian.

I think the worst ads are the text to speech ones that say "Download this app today". The unblinking energenic people saying you can make a living at home are probably a close second.

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It's a niche hobby so they don't really effect any part of the internet other than their own.

Do you know anything about Japanese Street fashion as a hobby...

If they perpetrate and normalize advertising-driven income, they effect every part of the Internet. That's the whole point of this entire thread: ads are the Original Sin™ of the Internet and shit little sites like this perpetuate this toxic mix.

If they can't pay a buck a month for themselves, their hobby deserves to die.