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I don't think LLMs will become completely paid, but instead they will be filled with product placement and ads.

You're absolutely right! Have you considered how refreshing a Nuka-Cola product would taste while copy-pasting this writing assignment? Here are directions to the nearest Nuka-Cola vending machine.

Or perhaps a little more subtly, when talking about soft drinks, LLM mentions Nuka-Cola (and how refreshing it is) as an example, rather than competing brands.

Or you ask image generators for a picture of a cartoon cat and it just happens to be holding a bottle of Nuka-Cola. Or maybe there are a few recognizable bottles of Nuka-Cola on the table in the kitchen in the background.

It's amazing how they can adapt. I can watch my wife use snapchat and go through a story. When an ad gets between pictures, she instantly goes past the ad without even thinking. It must be the same power that users have when they close error windows and have no idea what the issue is.

but in a somewhat less aggravating way.

This is a quite interesting point to take in. The ads are there but not a straight to the face like website ads are.

TikTok and TikTok alternatives as mentioned, use ads that pop up periodically, but naturally - as in it can be indistinguishable to other content that is presented. As said, the ads are less intrusive and more so designed to occupy the user for a couple of seconds to not effectively brake their inertia of scrolling.

The status quo in the ad sector looks mismatched - but possibly for a purpose. It is known that ads are not only used for advertising on its own, but as a method of manipulation (e.g: YouTube premium). The friendly nature of TikTok ads in contrast to intrusive website ads poses an important question if the design is intentional and in result manipulative. In result, individuals of all ages are drawn to short form content and drawn from effective long form content. Additionally, since most individuals irrespective of age are essentially living off of short form content, it means they don't have effective strategies developed to navigate or use the power of the wider internet. This situation is attributed to discouragement; in effect all age groups are seen to be affected - even considering many individuals which have skills for browsing the wider internet.

Firefox mobile supports extensions, including uBlock Origin

Doesn’t matter, line must go up 📈

I used to have my own dns server running at home so I could direct all my mobile and laptop dns requests though it, from anywhere over vpn. It meant I got dns level ad blocking anywhere.

The advertising industry as a whole is the biggest scam ever created

Without an adblock solution either

> Downloads app for a store

> Bingabeep at 3am

> There are new offers for 1% off something you don't need

> Oh wow, messages for me

Who does this?

Your server costs aren't my responsibility.

Its amusing that people who mostly say "but those companies need to make money" often have these pro capitalism/free market ideals, but find that reply to be rude. Its a very subservient mindset.

Not on apple.

End stage capitalism.

I have a Firefox extension called Tranquility Reader that does that, it's like my favourite bit of software. Just the article on a white background, with a button to save it as a PDF. Perfect!

They then continue to scold you for not inhaling the slop like theu do the moment you bring up thst you won't be doing something stupid they ask you to.

That image is at least a decade old, note that it says "wi-fi" and not "5G".

Every time i'm at someone's house and they use "normal" tv, internet and radio i really do feel like i'm in a black mirror episode. I haven't seen ads in over 10 years and other people just got slowely used to it. It's honestly kinda disturbing.