I see it as an attempt at manipulation and I do as much as possible to get as much of it out of my life as I can. If a gas station plays ads while I fuel at the pump I will look away. If it plays sound this station is dead to me and go to another one.
The worst is that it is a blatant tax on everyone. Not just for being annoying eyesores, but in the value of the products we buy. When a company spends millions of dollars in advertising to make their $400 product look like it should be worth $800, it is the consumer who foots the bill and then some.
This is why I don’t trust “privacy” [company] if they do any sort of ads. Especiall-
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Sometimes I go visit an elderly aunt, who watches a lot of TV. One time I was there and watched a bit of TV with her and my cousin. I had the remote, and started manually muting every time that ads came on.
They thought I was crazy. Why would I want to mute ads? They just didn’t understand why I would do that. Anyway, I haven’t watched TV with them since then.
Idk maybe you should and always mute it, maybe after awhile of you doing it it’ll be harder when you’re not there doing it to keep the status quo and they can join us on the fuck ads team lmao