What’s your “I can’t believe other people don’t do this” hack?
What’s your “I can’t believe other people don’t do this” hack?
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Using an ad blocker
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Even with an ad blocker it's insufferable though. Every time a page ask me to sign up for their stupid newsletter I want to punch a hole in my screen.
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I don't use an ad blocker. I do mind ads but I also want to adhere to the social contact: I subject myself to ads for the free content.
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Your data really isn't worth that much.
Also, it's a common misconception that large tech companies like Google and Meta sell your data. They don't. The data is what makes the company valuable - they're not going to give away their competitive advantage. Instead, advertisers can target people based on the data. The advertisers never actually see the data nor exactly who their ads are reaching (it's just aggregate anonymized data).
On Google and Facebook, even individuals can use the same tools that large advertisers use to list their ads, and see exactly what they see.
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Hot take: If you don't like ads, then don't use services/sites that are funded by ads?
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Apparently it's up to 1/3 of people using some form of adblocking now!
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395 comments