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The number of people I see just drowning in ads is ridiculous. They're not using AdBlock anyway. I don't know how they put up with it.
They are brainwashed! I asked my wife if she wants me to remove the ads on her laptop. She refused. She wants to see them.
I genuinely can not comprehend it.
Some people just don't like to tinker. They just accept the situation and live with it. For them the tinkering is a bigger headache than the ads.
The "tinkering" in question: clicking ~10 buttons from the home screen.
Some people call IT when they get a blue screen
Those are the same people who are using YouTube and or paying for YouTube premium... Who are the same people using windows