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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @NovaRift 13 Sep \ on: Stacker Saloon
Believe you can and you’re halfway there.
No way, if a bullet is shot, it's sho. It hit right in my ass. I might forgive, but when I see that person again the wound in my ass will remind me of what they did, and I won't trust them the same as before. I mean the relationship will not be the same anymore. Forgiveness is God's job.
Change is happening though see the insane demand for ad blockers, filters, antivirus, VPNs, and browsers like Brave and Firefox. With time, as I said his feedback loop will repeat and more and more people, even if they don't know much about how stuff is working, will come out of their Plato's cave.
And nowadays is insane too much garbage.
I also don't support the websites like @SimpleStacker said that cover 90% of the screen. For once, try to see from the POV that focuses on showing adverts but in a non distracting way that's user-friendly. Like if you think this topic needs some attention, read the views from haveibeenpwned.com founder Troy: Ad blockers are part of the problem
Maybe an economist can tell us better if the web will improve or will become more garbage if people use blockers, filters, etc. to stop ads, trackers, and more. I believe a friendly balance is needed.
Agree that the web is extremely distracting and very unproductive if you don't use filters and ad blocker tools. It's been like 16 hours since I reinstalled AdGuard, and see the amount of trackers and ads that come in.
But please, normies are not to be blamed and made fun of. A huge chunk of the web is free, and lots of independent media houses are able to run and finance themselves because of normies being normies.
That's actually better. I like to find options like subscribing to yearly plans, donations, or lifetime purchases for software that's a huge W for me. But I can't support all of them, so if there's a least harmful way to support them and it's ads, I'll do my part by disabling my ad blocker.
I'm making a list of websites I will support and disable my ad blocker for them. I think if ads are not intrusive, you can allow them. A bit of inconvenience is welcomed :) Imagine how the situation will be worse in the future if everyone uses ad blockers. Maybe the web will become something closer to pay to use. Ad blockers are making the web as messy as you don't want to see it by using them.
I think ad blockers create a feedback loop. Users get annoyed by intrusive ads, so they install ad blockers. This hits ad revenue for companies and website owners, who then respond by developing more aggressive advertising methods to bypass the blockers. These new tactics annoy even more users, driving them to adopt ad blockers as well. The cycle repeats.
For some reason, Cloudflare families (blocks malware and adult content) DNS blocks access to Stacker News. Why? Should it be reported for false positive?
I think change will start as everyone is realizing how overstimulated they are because of consuming such content. The book they could finish in days takes months, and they still can't remember a goddamn thing. There is a reason why we see an increase in ad blockers, annoyance blockers, filters and such stuff. Being high on dopamine for a long time literally is the worst experience.