I use ad blockers and open source privacy focused software whenever I can but occasionally I have to use computers that don’t belong to me or an older phone where my usual applications aren’t installed and seeing all the advertisements just feels dirty and dystopian.

I think the worst ads are the text to speech ones that say “Download this app today”. The unblinking energenic people saying you can make a living at home are probably a close second.

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    1 year ago

    They Live called it in 1988!

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      1 year ago

      I just recently watched that movie for the first time a month or so ago, and it was so jarring how accurate it was with the subliminal messaging