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Tried to support the industry by buying a movie a watch a lot. Well, no more. If I need a pihole just to watch a movie I own, that's ridiculous.

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[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 43 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I wonder if these people think everyone wants to be advertised to.

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 70 points 1 week ago

I don't think they care

[–] natecox@programming.dev 30 points 1 week ago (1 children)

No, I am 100% certain they know that the vast majority of people don’t care and some people really really hate it, but nobody actually enjoys it.

[–] baguettefish@discuss.tchncs.de 29 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Someone I know who is currently on a pseudoscience and conspiracy theory arc genuinely believes that personalized ads are good because then you can easily buy things you know you'll like

[–] WarmApplePieShrek@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

I've bought things from personalized ads before. But mostly they're annoying. And creepy.

[–] baguettefish@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 7 hours ago

the idea of "just browse the web normally with someone looking over your shoulder taking notes on what you like to then sell you shit - or even better, it infers what you like using magic and can even tell when you're pregnant before you know it yourself" can be nice in some ways I guess, but yeah I agree. no thanks.

[–] merde@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 week ago

sadly, i too heard that from somebody 🤷

[–] natecox@programming.dev 6 points 1 week ago

Guess there’s no accounting for stupid.

[–] entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 week ago

Some people are allergic to researching their purchases

[–] LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

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