That’s an immediate uninstall.
That’s not even an install. A non-camera/video chat/QR scan app demanding permanent (!) access to the camera is a big No no
relax, when the industry puts this into practice (not IF but WHEN) they will stick it very slowly in us until we get used to it and don’t even realize that we already accept it quietly without complaining
Unironically they’re basically already doing that by having ads longer than the skip button, as you trade off ignoring the ad for the full duration and paying attention when you’re intended video starts for paying attention waiting for the “Skip Ad” button.
Even just that short 5 seconds is enough for an ad to get embedded in your brain with enough repeated exposure.
Maybe it’s because I’m autistic but that has the opposite effect on me. If I see your ad enough to remember the product that just means I’m going to avoid that product like a fuckin plague.
You’re not immune to advertising and propaganda. Nobody is. Ads almost never work by directly making you think ‘i should buy this’. You’re even less immune to advertising and propaganda if you tell yourself you are, because that’ll make you less interested in working against it.
I’m definitely not immune but sometimes an ad is annoying enough I decide I’m done with that company for a few years at least.
I haven’t bought Burger King since they started running that annoying fucking whopper ad, literally what pushed me into finally installing uBlock
I wouldn’t say I think I’m immune simply that it generally works in the opposite direction.
Same. It’s a great way to get my hatred
“Please watch this 5-minute advertisment to uninstall the app. Don’t break eye contact.”
uninstall your OS
“Before you delete your OS, would you like to know about the hot singles in your area?”
That’s a good way to make some of us dedicate the energy to building and flashing custom firmware.
Banking apps that need the ads to authenticate you for some reason: “Nuh uh!”
rant
Seriously, why the fuck do they depend on everything in your system to work? On my debloated Android there are like 20 different invasive packages that I can’t disable because they break my bank’s app.
Be sure to stock up on verification cans
Have you had your Cuppliance?
No ads, no masters.
There’s never been a worthwhile server with unskippable or unblockable ads.
This is exactly why I stopped watching Twitch. It was the only service I tolerated ads on. Until they hit a point where the frequency and number of ads were just unbearable and I haven’t opened the site since.
Like one person uses them responsibly, like specifically for bathroom breaks, forces them at specific times so people don’t miss out on content.
Twitch also requires you to do a certain number of ads per hour/amount of ad time per hour in order to hit the partnership levels for decent pay. Otherwise, IIRC, Twitch puts their own ads in and the streamer doesn’t receive any revenue from the ads.
I think Thor over at Pirate Software did a video on it back when that whole “Twitch Adpocalypse” drama was happening.
Why not just use an adblock?
Doesn’t work on Twitch; They embed the ads directly in the stream. If you block the ads, you also block the stream.
Oh, is that right? I basically only watch 1 channel and I’m subbed, so I guess I just never noticed… I tried to get an ad on Twitch for the past 30 minutes watching several streamers though and didn’t get a single one.
Ad block software doesn’t work on Twitch anymore because they embed the ads directly into the stream.
Black Mirror
Which episode was this?
Think it’s Fifteen Million Merits
Nope. Any service that would ever do that is instantly a no-go. I’d stop using a smartphone before I’d put up with that.
I hope this idea is patented by a patent troll who has no intention of licensing it out for a reasonable cost…
Kenneth Lamar Noid proved that violence is an effective means of stopping advertisements
This is where you write a companion app to load the ad in a separate instance while feeding it false camera input data and continue watching in peace.
I love that idea
I’ll quit using anything that does that.
It’s your government issued app, required to access services like hospitals and social security.
I’ll quite that government
I’ll put a bomb in my underwear
You know we have toilets for that, right?
Wasn’t this actually patented?
Yes, boobaAwooga, by Sony.
I asked this further up. Yay for not eating the onion
“Fuck you, Mc Donalds”
“What was that?”
“Nothing”
At that point, retro gaming is where it’s at, or piracy, or board games, basically ANYTHING else is better than that.
Sadly it does feel we are very close to this… 😢
We will just have sketchy apps we download happily that trick the phone into thinking we are looking, further bloating them.
That’s when I’d put my “smart” phone in the toaster and go dust off the Nokia 3310
Ya im not using ANY device that does this.
Stop giving them ideas.
They’ve already had this one, I guarantee it.
It was in Black Mirror years ago.
what’s black mirror?
a series about “technology bad” written by an eight year old
Charge your phone ffs
The phone only draws a charge while you’re watching ads, so you’ll need to watch an hour per day to recharge.
In this economy?
