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Ad blocking is alive and well, despite Chrome's attempts to make it harder
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this post was submitted on 06 Feb 2026
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I am honestly sad and sick of the sheer volume of ads, well, everywhere and in everything. Internet, tv, even in the real world you are bombarded by ads from every angle. Every time any free app or service gains traction, boom, there are ads now.
It is absolutely unavoidable, even when using adblock and similar services, and what is even worse is that this doesn't even feel like marketing now, but just a coercion tactic to force you to subscribe to "premium", because the ads do not really often feel like trying to sell you something but just annoy the hell out of you.
I am just so tired of it...
I despise the digital billboards that now litter highways and roads that gets congested during rush hours. And especially at night when they just ignore brightness laws and blinding everyone and endangering drivers.
Digital billboards suck, but everyone using those obnoxious, bright-ass LED headlights is way worse.
I once slept in an apartment directly across the street from a broadway-sized LED billboard. It was a comparable experience to staring into those LED headlights. You could see it change >>through<< the blackout curtains.
Yeah, that's pretty fucking bad. You ever watch Seinfeld? I imagine that was like the Kenny Rogers Roasters episode. 😂