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Commercials Are Streaming’s New Norm, and Creators Aren’t Happy: “It’s Almost Worse Than Broadcast” (www.hollywoodreporter.com)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/technology

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[–] Ghostalmedia 22 points 5 months ago (5 children)

That’s what you’re seeing. Not what I’m seeing. Welcome to the wonderful world of targeted ads.

I only get Doctor Drew telling me stuff is a metabolism killer.

[–] Wrench 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I get douche bros peddling instant meal powder crap. Which I have never, ever, looked for or researched, but my wife's shopping habits tend to dictate my ads, even though we're on completely different devices.

[–] Ghostalmedia 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, if you’re going through the same router, it’s going to be one IP. My guess is that I get the metabolism stuff because of my spouse.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

You guys watch ads on YouTube? When YT gets the better of UblockO for a couple days, I just open the YT homepage, see which of the regular channels I check out have new videos or I look through my recommended and then I open piped or yewtu.be. Fuck YT. I refuse to watch ads. When I open a YT link through lemmy, I’ll close the window immediately if an ad starts playing. Fuck these companies.

[–] Ghostalmedia 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I have ad blocker at the router level, but I often toggle it off when it interrupts marketing experiences that I need to see for work.

[–] KnightontheSun 1 points 5 months ago

May I ask what you are using for a blocker?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

I went over a month with zero issues using UBO on YouTube. Coincidentally today for some reason the site started breaking so I updated the quick fixes filter list and that solved it.

[–] Mr_Blott 7 points 5 months ago

I mostly get ads for stuff I've researched online; anything I buy for the house, kitchen, or simply tools for business, I make sure is "Buy It For Life" quality

Targeted ads are hilarious. Yes, Google, I did. I did just buy a pair of Knipex Cobra pipe grips. That will be the last time ever I buy them, and they will still be hanging around a secondhand shop 150 years after I've turned to fuckin dust. The advert for Shungong Best Grip is a fuckin waste of electrons

[–] jordanlund 4 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Weird then that I don't need insurance and am not looking for insurance...

[–] Ghostalmedia 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

And I’m super skinny and don’t need to speed up my metabolism. It’s not perfect, but we both sit in a demographic cohort that seems to really buy what they’re pushing to us.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

I'm always getting those crappy State Farm ads with celebrities like Ludacris, who always look slightly embarrassed to be appearing in the ads

[–] QuarterSwede 0 points 5 months ago

And equally that I have had LM for decades and that’s all I see ads for … yeah, real effective targeted advertising.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Lol, I get eavestrough filters and fat guy t-shirts. They can tell I'm an old fucker but not that I'm skinny as hell