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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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[–] 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 2 days ago (1 children)

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

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