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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.
And gas station ads, especially ones on max volume. Obnoxious ads blaring so loud that even if you sit in your car you can still hear them.
Depending on the model of the pump, you can usually turn off the sound with one of the buttons on the right. The ones I have seen have four buttons on each side, and the second or third (or maybe bottom? I forget) button on the right will at least mute the ad. It's worth a shot. It's so obnoxious, it's almost worth soaking it in gasoline.
I'm so glad all the pumps that do that shit around me have a very large '<- MUTE' sticker next to that button. I've gotten in the habit of just mashing that button as the gas starts flowing so I don't have to hear that bullshit.
I've been meaning to learn how to sabotage the pump to get the ads to not even play. It's on the list of anarchist things to do.
Most gas stations have disabled the mute button at least in my area.
That's when you disable the speakers, permanently
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. 😂
Capitalists: BUY BUY BUY BUY BUY BUY BUY BUY
Me: With what money???
Literally though! This is literally the entire reason I got fed up with ads! What's the point if I'm too poor to buy the junk they're hawking?!