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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[–] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 32 points 1 year ago (2 children)

If i had a dollar for everytime I've done this and been asked why I "downloaded a virus" because Google Chrome has a little red icon in the corner and now things don't "feel right", I'd have like 7 bucks

[–] dustyData@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

I mean, don't do it against their will. At least put some effort into selling the idea of an internet without ads to them first. Then explain that Google and other companies are going to try to manipulate them into thinking that not viewing ads is a bad thing with false warnings and scare tactics like those. That it's fine, and if they read carefully the warning it doesn't say anything bad is actually happening.

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I had a family member visiting that left early because their “games didn’t work right”

(Network blocking)

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

Sounds like you blocked a different kind of annoyance.

[–] Mystech@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

If they left for that reason, they weren't visiting you, they were visiting your internet connection. :-(