Jesus those new #ads on #wikipedia are #awful - they take up the majority of the #website and #spam you for #money - *THEY DON'T EVEN NEED.* A really poor move by #wikipedia , especially during this time. They have enough #funding to easily last for 10 years, and they choose one of the worst #recessions on record to #beg .
#google will now #ban #vpn #apps in the #play #store if they #block #ads https://mezha.media/en/2022/08/31/google.. Just a reminder that you don't own your #android #phone , it is there just to serve #ads to you.
#youtube are #trialing 5-10 #ads before you can #watch a #video https://twitter.com/sondesix/status/1569.. Madness! If only there was a way to #bypass this: https://github.com/danielbarry/ytoff
Oh wow, #vizio #tv #ads are #playing over #live #tv - what a time to be alive! https://www.flatpanelshd.com/news.php?su.. Bare in mind that you could have #purchased the #tv without this " #feature ", it #updated - and now you have some random #banner #ads played to you on your TV. Damn. #opensource #tv when?
#microsoft gets shittier by the day. Once you #purchase your #license for Microsoft #windows (which you cannot opt out of if you run #linux ), you then go out and #buy Microsoft #office . Then, at your cost, you get shown #ads in your #start #menu #panel and #outlook #email https://twitter.com/louisnicholls_/statu.. Soon you will also #require an #account ! https://www.theverge.com/2022/2/18/22940.. It's #free for now...
Interesting approach by #telegram to #request #developers #display #ads if they want to continue using their #api - to allow them to provide the #service for #free https://corefork.telegram.org/api/sponso.. Not sure how I feel about it to be honest, I will be watching this approach with some interest!
Man, imagine #buying a #brandnew #samsung #tv only to have the #display taken over by #ads ! https://twitter.com/samsunguk/status/145.. Madness. You either own the #hardware or not. We want #dumb #tvs - not #smart TVs!
Ouch, #firefox is now going to start putting #ads straight into the #address #bar with #firefoxsuggest https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/nav.. They are currently #trialling this in the #u - but it's really not ideal if this " #feature " is implemented.
Possible #election #interference in #bulgaria by #facebook deleting #politician pages once they stop paying for #ads https://bozhobg.medium.com/facebook-took.. Facebook appear to be taking their money and then running with it. Strange behaviour indeed.
Most people do not like #ads - who would have thunk it? https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/.. #facebook will need to rethink their approach...
Wow, the #oculus now displays #ads thanks to #facebook https://www.theverge.com/2021/6/16/22535.. I'll give a hard pass on the #oculusrift thanks.