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Mishung t1_j6hb76t wrote

Reply to comment by peteypeteypeteypete in ‘Extraordinary’ footage shows one of the closest known approaches of a near-Earth object — On 26 Jan. 2023, asteroid 2023 BU was about 2,200 miles above the surface of the Earth by marketrent

I had to watch 50 seconds of ads to watch a 16 second video of a dot

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Contra1 t1_j6hez9t wrote

I got the same ad run after the first so I left.

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dj_spanmaster t1_j6jrc2x wrote

Lucky, my ad was two whole minutes long. NOPED out of that shit right away, I know a bad deal when I see one

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lucellent t1_j6hx0rh wrote

People still don't know about Ad Blockers?

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krazybubbler t1_j6irzz4 wrote

On smartphones that's not so straightforward

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lucasjose501 t1_j6j12wf wrote

Firefox on Android allows you to install uBlock Origin. I use it for youtube too.

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Sorry iOS users.

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Burehd t1_j6k348o wrote

you can actually add extensions to ios safari browser.

edit: added ios

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MacsDildoBike t1_j6jk116 wrote

The fact that ad blockers are even a thing is super upsetting.

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davenport651 t1_j6jrcqh wrote

If you are using ad blockers then you are not helping recoup the actual costs to operate the public internet. Stop being a freeloader!

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iCameToLearnSomeCode t1_j6k6iwy wrote

Your country might have a public internet but mine doesn't.

I would happily pay a government entity as opposed to my ISP if the service was just as good but until a public option becomes available I pay for my private internet with a monthly bill.

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davenport651 t1_j6kfuvo wrote

Your being needlessly pedantic. Your payment to your local ISP pays for their connection to the broader internet, but that pays NOTHING to any person hosting a website or operating a server on the other side. I assume you know that, but you’d rather justify not watching a 5 second video or clicking the ‘x’ on a pop up window.

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BanishedOutkaste t1_j6knw39 wrote

If it was actually 5 secs I wouldn’t have an issue but they get greedy and lazy. The ads get longer and longer more often unskippable, more frequent, and they show the same damn ones a million times over. It’s their own damn fault I want to block them.

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iCameToLearnSomeCode t1_j6ks3za wrote

The difference between paying for a public internet and paying for a private company's content is not needlessly pedantic.

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