You’re not wrong. But as you said yourself, this only applies to your own hardware. Some of us do engage in this weird thing called “going outside”, with some taking it as far as not to only touch grass, but meet other people (gross, I know).
In these situations, even I, an individual who has
adblocker plugins in every browser
hosts-based blocking on top of that and
a network-wide DNS-based adblocker just for good measure,
even I’m exposed to ads then.
I see them when my kid asks me to read out to him the contents of that colourful banner above the parking lot.
I see them when I watch cable TV with my parents and they just let the ad break wash over them like a jovial stream of diarrhea.
I see them when I go shopping and I cannot focus on my own thoughts because only a few metres away there’s an ad screen loudly announcing the technological marvels of Buddy’s Fully-automatic Butt Crack Scratcher to the world.
In these situations, I really feel the contents of that OP. In these situations, I take the liberty to turn off the shop’s TV while I’m there. I take my parent’s remote, mute the ad diarrhea and strike up a conversation. And I promise the kiddo to read him something proper once we get home, but not one of those stupid ads.
(We recently pulled up in front of another giant ad banner, and the little guy went: “Dad, that’s just another one of those stupid ads, right?” Imagine how proud dad was, seeing that another system-wide adblocker had been installed…)
If you have to react to advertising you’re already doing it wrong. If it’s able to reach you on your hardware in any form, you’ve already failed.
You’re not wrong. But as you said yourself, this only applies to your own hardware. Some of us do engage in this weird thing called “going outside”, with some taking it as far as not to only touch grass, but meet other people (gross, I know).
In these situations, even I, an individual who has
even I’m exposed to ads then.
I see them when my kid asks me to read out to him the contents of that colourful banner above the parking lot.
I see them when I watch cable TV with my parents and they just let the ad break wash over them like a jovial stream of diarrhea.
I see them when I go shopping and I cannot focus on my own thoughts because only a few metres away there’s an ad screen loudly announcing the technological marvels of Buddy’s Fully-automatic Butt Crack Scratcher to the world.
In these situations, I really feel the contents of that OP. In these situations, I take the liberty to turn off the shop’s TV while I’m there. I take my parent’s remote, mute the ad diarrhea and strike up a conversation. And I promise the kiddo to read him something proper once we get home, but not one of those stupid ads.
(We recently pulled up in front of another giant ad banner, and the little guy went: “Dad, that’s just another one of those stupid ads, right?” Imagine how proud dad was, seeing that another system-wide adblocker had been installed…)
Thanks for coming to my TED talk!
Well said all around. I’ve had almost the exact same thoughts. Good TED talk.