People hate ads full stop and tech has amplified them to be there, all the time, following you. Start buying only what you need from small businesses if possible.
Stop fawning over brands and marketing. They don’t like you, they don’t want a conversation, the don’t care if you are a better person. They want your money. Capitalistic is a cancer…don’t feed it.
There’s like… one percent of one percent of advertising that has ever been created that actually had some kind of artistic or entertainment merit. Those insane Spongmonkies ads for Quiznos. The H&M ad Wes Anderson did. It’s so vanishingly rare as to not meaningfully count, but it does happen once in a blue moon.
‘TomSka and Friends’ on YouTube is always who I point to for great examples, in my opinion, of ads done well. Each one is an actual full skit, not just bland ad reads, with actual production value behind them.
People do not hate ads. People hate shitty ads. Go see how many views a certain epoxy company on Instagram has. I know because I watch every single ad. They’re fucking awesome. I’m the target audience to watch epoxy applied to huge pipes and stuff.
Yeah, even my wife who uses standard streaming services with ads, youtube with ads, etc reminded me recently that we used to have 3 5-minute commercial breaks every half hour on broadcast tv growing up. I’m all for getting rid of ads, but it was interesting to realize that even before the internet you only got about a 50% ad-to-content ratio.
I find it interesting that you and another posted see tech as a line of defence. I know I also employ that but it’s taken your comments to make me see and seperate the layers of use. It’s good we can have these rational discussions here. Sorry if I sound a bit preachy or crazy.
Tech is a tool. Those who want power over you will use it against you, and you can in turn use it to defend against them. Ultimately it’s whoever puts the most effort in who gets the upper hand, and the wealthy can always motivate people with money to get a lot of effort in on their side, so, like with most things in life, it’s an uphill battle to fight against them.
when re-broadcast on television or cable, those older programs are often re-edited or literally sped-up (or a little of both) so they can have the current norm of 10-12 minutes of ad time per half-hour.
But we dont have to accept it. We do have options. We have tolerated and tolerated and more gets taken. More of our money, more of our privacy, more of our time, bit by bit we sacrifice a bit of us.
There has to be a line where we say we are more than just consumers. We don’t just go out to work to pay for stuff upon stuff. We do have our own minds, our own opinions.
Yes it has been like that. But we have to stop perpetuating it.
It sounds a little crazy, but we have to start somewhere and YT is a great starting point to stop. They are not interested in enriching you. They wanna keep you addicted so they can make money from advertisers. It’s interesting how many people rationalise and justify that argument. I’d call it an abusive relationship but maybe I see it too black and white. You can watch it without ads. It’s not entirely about hating the platform. More a mindset of regaining freedom.
Agree. I am making a conscious effort to limit my tech to functional and what works for me. If I have to use something like YT I will use adblockers or a client (smartube) if I see an ad anywhere I pretty much block it mentally. I also resist against people trying to usher me to stuff. Can we take your email address? No you can’t!
I’m mentally done with this shit. If really rather go without.
People hate ads full stop and tech has amplified them to be there, all the time, following you. Start buying only what you need from small businesses if possible.
Stop fawning over brands and marketing. They don’t like you, they don’t want a conversation, the don’t care if you are a better person. They want your money. Capitalistic is a cancer…don’t feed it.
There’s like… one percent of one percent of advertising that has ever been created that actually had some kind of artistic or entertainment merit. Those insane Spongmonkies ads for Quiznos. The H&M ad Wes Anderson did. It’s so vanishingly rare as to not meaningfully count, but it does happen once in a blue moon.
Nope, thats Chuck Testa
‘TomSka and Friends’ on YouTube is always who I point to for great examples, in my opinion, of ads done well. Each one is an actual full skit, not just bland ad reads, with actual production value behind them.
Linked video starts at the ad, but the whole video is great as well. Who Killed the Laugh Track?
Sun Fizz is my favorite ad ever, and that’s because it makes fun of other ads.
People do not hate ads. People hate shitty ads. Go see how many views a certain epoxy company on Instagram has. I know because I watch every single ad. They’re fucking awesome. I’m the target audience to watch epoxy applied to huge pipes and stuff.
epoxy company name here
It’s belzona
🤷 i hate ads.
Apparently I’m the outlier, according to the down votes. I hate most ads, but not all.
I dont know. I watch less ads now woth the aid of tech. Lemmy, jellyfin etc
Yeah, even my wife who uses standard streaming services with ads, youtube with ads, etc reminded me recently that we used to have 3 5-minute commercial breaks every half hour on broadcast tv growing up. I’m all for getting rid of ads, but it was interesting to realize that even before the internet you only got about a 50% ad-to-content ratio.
I find it interesting that you and another posted see tech as a line of defence. I know I also employ that but it’s taken your comments to make me see and seperate the layers of use. It’s good we can have these rational discussions here. Sorry if I sound a bit preachy or crazy.
Tech is a tool. Those who want power over you will use it against you, and you can in turn use it to defend against them. Ultimately it’s whoever puts the most effort in who gets the upper hand, and the wealthy can always motivate people with money to get a lot of effort in on their side, so, like with most things in life, it’s an uphill battle to fight against them.
What’s crazy is if you watch shows from the 60s and 70s they can have an extra 3-5 minutes of content in a 20 minute episode.
when re-broadcast on television or cable, those older programs are often re-edited or literally sped-up (or a little of both) so they can have the current norm of 10-12 minutes of ad time per half-hour.
But we dont have to accept it. We do have options. We have tolerated and tolerated and more gets taken. More of our money, more of our privacy, more of our time, bit by bit we sacrifice a bit of us.
There has to be a line where we say we are more than just consumers. We don’t just go out to work to pay for stuff upon stuff. We do have our own minds, our own opinions.
Yes it has been like that. But we have to stop perpetuating it.
It sounds a little crazy, but we have to start somewhere and YT is a great starting point to stop. They are not interested in enriching you. They wanna keep you addicted so they can make money from advertisers. It’s interesting how many people rationalise and justify that argument. I’d call it an abusive relationship but maybe I see it too black and white. You can watch it without ads. It’s not entirely about hating the platform. More a mindset of regaining freedom.
Except more and more people seem to be offloading that to LLMs
Agree. I am making a conscious effort to limit my tech to functional and what works for me. If I have to use something like YT I will use adblockers or a client (smartube) if I see an ad anywhere I pretty much block it mentally. I also resist against people trying to usher me to stuff. Can we take your email address? No you can’t!
I’m mentally done with this shit. If really rather go without.