I now assume that all ads on Apple news are scams

Post by WarmWash » Fri, Feb 06, 2026, 1:34 PM UTC

sammyoos wrote: post #82

I bought a remarkably similar mug (last advert shown) from an add from different site [1]. Everything about it was a fake. Almost every feature they advertised did not exist (including the fact that it did not come in a gift box.) That was from a site I visit a lot and I wanted to show support. BTW the AI generated animation is quite cool, too bad it is not real... Do not buy this!! [1] https://kenmiso.com/products/%…

Post by AlexandrB » Fri, Feb 06, 2026, 1:35 PM UTC

StilesCrisis wrote: post #32

black_puppydog wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

my goodness we lived with plastic thinkpads for decades and many of us still happily do. this fetish for "premium" hardware to be replaced every two years by the newest hottest thing (if that's not you: great, the planet thanks you) is just plain weird from the outside.

"We" didn't do anything. Nobody is replacing their MacBooks every two years; those machines are tanks and are profoundly overspecced for most users' needs.

Post by bdangubic » Fri, Feb 06, 2026, 1:37 PM UTC

AlexandrB wrote: post #103

StilesCrisis wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"We" didn't do anything. Nobody is replacing their MacBooks every two years; those machines are tanks and are profoundly overspecced for most users' needs.

My last MacBook lasted me from 2015-2025. It's still running actually, just getting slow.

Post by pluralmonad » Fri, Feb 06, 2026, 1:37 PM UTC

nicbou wrote: post #62

makingstuffs wrote: post #33

I don’t know if it is just a symptom of growing up during the days of the net’s Wild West and navigating through sites like gamecopyworld or what, but I just seem to have some inbuilt filter which doesn’t even acknowledge the existence of ads. It’s hard to explain but it is like some subconscious filtering that occurs on a preRecognise hook or something. Weird.

I do not have that filter, but I have been using ad blockers for so long that my tolerance for ads is near zero. Being interrupted by an ad is enough for me to close the tab or turn the device off. I can't imagine what it's like to access modern websites unfiltered.

Post by Bluecobra » Fri, Feb 06, 2026, 1:39 PM UTC

sumtechguy wrote: post #72

aquir wrote: post #13

It’s a bit like that MSN page what MS is forcing on millions through Edge and W11 widgets

On top of that, that thing takes a bunch of fiddling in their own GUI to disable. I want a search bar for my home page. Nothing else. Then every once and awhile it will 'forget' its settings and put it all back. Edge/Chrome makes no difference to me it is the same code. But that first tab experience with edge is garbage. Probably why I mostly use Firefox still.