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    My unpopular opinion is I like ads, some are well thought, funny, and memorable.
    Ads in videogames which allow you to have a small boost are also amazing, I don’t have to spend money, just leave my phone for 30~60 seconds and I get a bit of premium currency while supporting the devs.

    The annoying/worrisome part is all the tracking the ads have, and the ones which are very invasive which take half of the screen.
    If we could go back to TV ads where everyone watches the ads without individual targeting, and with current technology to protect against hacking, and getting them in sensible places to not hide the content I would place and exception in my ublock and pihole for them.

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      Are you aware that ads affect your mind and brain and hence influence the way you think and decide upon financial transactions?

      Ads are worse than you may think. Giving a buck to that dev is better for him than all those ads you “watch”.

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        Giving a buck to that dev is better for him than all those ads you “watch”.

        OC could watch 2 ads a day for 5 years and it still would make the dev less money than a $1 donation

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          Didn’t Louis Rossmann made that statistic in regards of patreon or other direct donations vs YouTube ads?

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            No idea but I’d imagine it’s even worse there