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Post by ryandrake » Tue, Sep 09, 2025, 7:38 PM UTC

charcircuit wrote: post #269

kelnos wrote: post #174

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A consensus answer to "what should google.com look like?" does not suggest or imply any sort of "social contract". There is not, and has never been, a social contract that says I have to look at the ads served with any website. If you think there is, then I'm sorry, but you're sorely mistaken. Similarly, there is no social contract that says I have to watch commercials while I'm watching TV (not that I've watched lin…

>does not suggest or imply any sort of "social contract" We were talking about societal expectations. >I can mute it, change the channel, go to the bathroom, whatever. You are free to do the same for websites. You can click the x button on the ad, mute the video ad, or change to a different website.

Post by recursive » Tue, Sep 09, 2025, 7:59 PM UTC

mock-possum wrote: post #317

bambax wrote: post #159

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I'm in the same boat. I never see ads anywhere (and not just on the web: I never watch regular TV (I don't even have a TV), never listen to ads-supported radio stations, etc.) How people put up with ads is a complete mystery.

Have you noticed that being around other people who choose to consume media with ads lowers your opinion of them a little? Like if you’re at a friend’s house and they’re listening to pandora with ads, or watching Hulu with ads?

Post by joquarky » Tue, Sep 09, 2025, 8:39 PM UTC

timw4mail wrote: post #217

ryandrake wrote: post #64

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I think people are just hopelessly used to their lives being saturated with ads. On TV, on the Internet, on radio, on billboards, at restaurants, at the airport, at the gas station, in stores, out of stores, almost every surface that could have an ad on it either does now or will one day. This saturation has been so complete and normalized that people are blind to it.

Ugghh, gas stations. I remember being able to use a pump without ads :(

Post by joquarky » Tue, Sep 09, 2025, 8:58 PM UTC

est wrote: post #3

I wish browsers could just provide a way to disable javascript after page `onload`. Perhaps only enables js when user clicks something.

Post by joquarky » Tue, Sep 09, 2025, 9:01 PM UTC

vhcr wrote: post #45

dheera wrote: post #25

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setTimeout(() => { // fuck up all future javascripts setTimeout = setInterval = requestAnimationFrame = () => {}; Element.prototype.appendChild = () => { throw new Error("Blocked"); }; document.addEventListener = () => {}; window.addEventListener = () => {}; Object.defineProperty(document, "readyState", { get: () => { throw new Error("No JS"); } }); document.write = () => {}; // fuck up canvas if(window.HTMLCanvasEle…

const iframe = document.createElement("iframe"); document.body.append(iframe); iframe.contentWindow...

    javascript:(function () {
        const rm = () => document.querySelectorAll('iframe')
            .forEach(f => f.remove());
        let timeout;
        const debouncedRm = () => {
            clearTimeout(timeout);
            timeout = setTimeout(rm, 100);
        };
        rm();
        new MutationObserver(debouncedRm)
            .observe(document.body, {
                childList: true, subtree: true
            });
    })();