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I diligently mute them, I'm a freak I cannot stand them. But from the nature of many people's complaints about ads, it seems like they listen to them and want to retain the words they've said?

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[–] andrewta@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I record everything I watch. Record now and watch later. Then I fast forward through the commercials. If something seems interesting I'll go back and actually watch it.

[–] AceFuzzLord@lemm.ee 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Don't know what service you go through or where, buty parents have had the unfortunate pleasure of recording some things (don't remember what because I don't pay attention to the TV often anymore of I can help it) through Xfinity and have fast forwarding through the small commercial breaks feature disabled.

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[–] DSMx39@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I’d have to pay closer attention to the ads if I wanted to mute them at the right times. My mother in law does the mute thing and either forgets to unmute it until halfway through the scene or gives the silent ads her undivided attention.

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[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

My wife mutes them, I just ignore them.

[–] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago

I avoid ads religiously but when I can't avoid them I mute and look away

[–] turkalino@lemmy.yachts 2 points 1 day ago

You’re not a freak, they’re something that you don’t wanna pay attention to but they’re literally made to grab your attention, so it drives you crazy. Nothing wrong with muting them

Commercial breaks wouldn’t drive me so crazy if every third ad wasn’t for a medication with legitimately gruesome side effects

[–] bizarroland@fedia.io 2 points 1 day ago

I don't know what normal people do but people like me don't see ads because they use the appropriate protections from the invasiveness of the internet.

Pihole. Firefox. ublock origin, privacy badger, decentraleyes...

It also helps if you don't participate in systems that attempt to intrusively shove ads down your throat, but you do you.

[–] Nightsoul@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

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

[–] TokenEffort@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

I use YouTube premium and Twitch turbo to have no ads at all.

[–] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 1 points 1 day ago (5 children)

You will never see ads skipped through where I am. What's the issue with them?

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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.

[–] solrize@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Mute the entire TV and use the closed captions when watching the programs. I do this.

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