#ads
Are ads even effective in the end?
Nope, I block them; so should you.
Check out uBlock origin:
- Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ublock-origin/ (works better there)
- Chrome: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ublock-origin/cjpalhdlnbpafiamejdnhcphjbkeiagm
#ads
Bro who tf made this ad💀 #wtf #ads #youtube #VIDEO @YouTubeCreators please explain this
I love the #fediverse
I've always felt sketched out on #corporate #SocialMedia but I don't feel that way on #Mastodon and #Pixelfed
I know my branding is that I'm a #musician and #producer , but I love #technology - I just can't stand how the modern tech industry is based on #ads and #tracking
Weekly block list report: 3,750 entries; 3,729 valid / 21 invalid; 2 deleted #ads #adblocking #blocklist #trackers #pglblocklistreport
#Google wants to target you – yes, YOU – with #AI-generated #ads https://www.theregister.com/2023/05/25/google_ai_ads/?td=rt-9cs It couldn't be any worse than current ads, except: "Google's YouTube lately started asking some people to remove their ad blockers when watching videos. Now it's talking about bringing unskippable 30-second adverts to those watching the 'Tube on their TVs."
@aurynn Makes sense!
We don't need more #Enshittification of the #Internet: #Ads runed EVERYTHING!
@mergesort Bet you didn’t even realize I slipped in multiple native sponsorship #ads into our conversations at Deep Dish did ya?
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This week, #Kroger ceased its printed #ads & circulars in local #newspapers for all its brands in favor of their digital #advertising & digital coupons.
Their weekly ad is located at https://www.kroger.com/weeklyad
Affected supermarkets & stores:
Baker’s
City Market
Dillons
Food 4 Less
Foods Co
Fred Meyer
Fry’s
Gerbes
Jay C Food Store
King Soopers
Kroger
Mariano’s
Metro Market
Pay-Less Super Markets
Pick’n Save
QFC
Ralphs
Ruler
Smith’s Food and Drugs
https://maysville-online.com/news/207976/wheres-my-kroger-ad
The 2023 Heritage Dinner Program Booklet now available
All Heritage Dinner program booklets from 2017-2023 are now online in our Heritage Dinner archive.
Printed copies will be available at the Heritage Dinner on June 3rd.
2023-Hertiage-Dinner-Book-FinalDownload
https://www.maurydems.org/the-2023-heritage-dinner-program-booklet-now-available/
#fundraisers #News #2023 #ads #fundraiser #HeritageDinner #history
Retargeting is a highly effective form of online advertising that allows businesses to show ads to users who have previously visited their website or taken a specific action.
Read the full article at http://www.marsdigital.co.nz.
How to get rid of the giant #ads blocking your favorite #websites
https://www.popsci.com/diy/remove-overlay-ad/
@me @BleepingComputer @mozilla I use @torproject #TorBrowser as default since I'm sick and tired of all the shitty #Tracking and #Ads and just want to browse the #Web.
@me @BleepingComputer yes and I'm still pissed at @mozilla for refusing to actually listen to people like us and actually ask: "Why do you use #Firefox & #Thunderbird and not #Chrome & #Geary?"
Because they'd get to hear #based things like "#privacy" and "#customization" as well as "no shitty #ads" instead.
So instead of plastering shitty ads around, #Mozilla should maybe include more #safety features, harden it more and also add #uBlockOrigin into it.
🍪 As Google Chrome introduces new ad privacy controls and says slow goodbye to cookies, they start rolling out Topics — a controversial alternative.
Why is it not good for you and how can you turn it off?
https://adguard.com/en/blog/google-chrome-topics-cookies.html
#google #chrome #cookies #privacy #ads #adblock
#Mozilla stops #Firefox fullscreen #VPN #ads after user outrage https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/mozilla-stops-firefox-fullscreen-vpn-ads-after-user-outrage/ 'A quick solution for people who find Mozilla VPN ads unacceptable is to open Firefox, enter “about:config” in the URL bar, and then set browser.vpn_promo.enabled to false by clicking to toggle button on the right.' I never saw the ads, but I applied the fix anyway. Very few people really need a paid VPN service.
AI Enabled Greed And Stupidity
The content units mindset makes AI replacing human writers inevitable. This AI future won’t just replace writers, when the goal is chur
https://www.masonpelt.com/ai-enabled-greed-and-stupidity/
#Adobe #ads #AI #BuzzFeed #CNET #Drake #FederalTradeCommissionFTC #fraud #GettyImages #GriefTech #JoeBiden #knowtechie #Men039sJournal #mrbeast #OpenAI #RichardMathenge #SamAltman #Sama #scam #StabilityAI #TheWeekend #Wired #WritersGuildOfAmerica #WritersStrike
Jedi Blue (2021): Collusion between Google and Facebook to fix the online ads market
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/17/technology/google-facebook-ad-deal-antitrust.html
#antitrust #collusion #facebook #badtech #google #fraud #scam #ads #-
Habt ihr eure AD(H)S-Diagnose nach dem 17. Lebensjahr erhalten? Dann würde ich mich freuen, wenn ihr mich bei der Erforschung des #Diagnose|prozesses von AD(H)S als Expert*innen eurer eigenen #Diagnoseerfahrung
unterstützen und mit mir ein #Interview führen würdet. In meiner #Masterarbeit untersuche ich den Einfluss von #Geschlecht auf den #Diagnoseprozess.
Meldet euch einfach bei mir per Direktnachricht.
@adhsass #allgendersarewellcome #forschung #adhs #ads #soziologie #neurodivers
Weekly block list report: 3,751 entries; 3,723 valid / 28 invalid; 2 deleted #ads #adblocking #blocklist #trackers #pglblocklistreport
@mimsical But the immense complexity of the roadways are a given and they should be a given to #ADS developers and fleets.
System developers and fleets cannot unilaterally change that.
There is no technical value in trying to fix "fault" on any roadway participant (as the #NHTSA does, which is partly why the US #RoadwaySafety record is abysmal).
The obligations of systems developers are to validate their #SafetyCritical system in a selected physical environment - with its warts and all.
@mimsical Hard to argue with this, **but** I would add something important here.
We should really take out comparisons with "the human" when ultimately talking about validation processes associated with #ADS.
Technical comparisons with other humans is not something that is material to the validation process and, when I see ADS companies talk it up to investors or whomever, it comes off as these companies sort of "hunting" for a vague excuse to water down internal validation processes.
A new study shows how social media ads can influence brain activity and behavior. The researchers found that seeing ads on social media platforms increased neural responses related to attention, memory and reward. They also found that these responses predicted how likely people were to click on the ads and buy the products.
@mimsical Given the rigorous, should-be regulatory process that I itemized in a list above... we would call this an "Airworthiness Certificate" in the commercial #aerospace industry.
Supports my point that regulators are constantly contorting themselves over some kind of compromised, but passable regulatory process for #ADS, when we already have a ready-made, proven one on the table.
Extremely difficult, despite recent missteps, to argue with the safety record of commercial air travel.
@mimsical Again, the #NHTSA is not remotely capable of that because, for decades, the NHTSA has hidden behind a "blame the human" dogma and shallow #NCAP assessments (often known as "five-star vehicle ratings").
Focusing on "the math" (an endpoint) with respect to #ADS safety would therefore be familiar ground for the #NHTSA and I do expect them to embrace it - as this article predicts.
But the unique risk with ADS safety is that "the human" can no longer be readily blamed anymore.
@mimsical Let me just say that I have never heard a remotely convincing argument yet as to why #ADS cannot be regulated with almost the exact same processes that commercial aircraft are.
That is not necessarily to disagree with this take from #Mobileye, but it is a higher level observation of mine.
No, the #NHTSA is not capable of that type of rigorous oversight (from a skill sets perspective, at the very least), but that fact does not invalidate how the regulatory processes ***should*** be.
Google #ads are getting worse, at your expense
They're also #security concerns... especially the search engine sponsored results (which are paid ads).
I just published "Including an AdMob Anchored Adaptive Banner in Jetpack Compose"
https://link.medium.com/gwvvoAZh2zb
#android #AndroidDev #JetpackCompose #AdMob #Banners #ads #programming #Tips
#Binder #brand #ForThem reveals ‘#Dragisdivine’ #ads in response to #antiLGBTQ+ #legislation.
Provocative #ads placed throughout #subway systems raise #awareness about #antidrag #bills while raising funds for the queer community.
Due to the sad news of #Neeva shutting down (https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/20/23731397/neeva-search-engine-google-shutdown), I want to implore those of you who want a web with less #tracking, less power to #BigTech and less #ads,, to give the fantastic search engine #Kagi (https://kagi.com/) a chance! https://havn.blog/give-kagi-a-chance
REPOST It seems Mastodon is now "serious enough" that people want to advertise here. Well.glad you won't.
#mastodon #twittermigration #ads
A Reddit post.
Title: How to advertise on Mastodon?
Body: Hi, my client wants to advertise on Mastadon. I've never done ads on them. How do I do it? Where do I find out?
MY COMMENT
I send in 2 bucks each month so I do not have to see crummy advertising. Paid ads have killed commercial radio & TV.
Thanks Mastodon. I hear twitter is getting worse.
It seems Mastodon is now "serious enough" that people want to advertise here. Well... glad you won't.
#mastodon #twittermigration #ads
Weekly block list report: 3,753 entries; 3,735 valid / 18 invalid; 3 deleted #ads #adblocking #blocklist #trackers #pglblocklistreport
@arstechnica This is why nobody should ever give money to Microsoft, their entire business model is based on destroying anything their customers love.
Steam isn't the only one trying to bring back timed demos!
Xbox Might Offer "Timed Slices" Of Games Or Games With Ads https://www.gamespot.com/articles/xbox-might-offer-timed-slices-of-games-or-games-with-ads/1100-6514300/?ftag=CAD-01-10abi2f
These kinds of #ads — where you scroll and really a fixed position banner ad visually behind the content you’re reading — should be illegal, and both the clients who request them and the devs who build them should be launched into the Sun.
Weekly block list report: 3,756 entries; 3,737 valid / 19 invalid; 3 deleted #ads #adblocking #blocklist #trackers #pglblocklistreport
Is there a way I can test blocking the ad blocker blocker?
YouTube is testing blocking ad blockers https://9to5google.com/2023/05/10/youtube-ad-blockers/
Something I've not seen mentioned by @atomicpoet and others when talking about #CalcKey is that it supports server administrators displaying you #ads by pushing them into your timeline.
This can apparently be turned of in user settings in CalcKey, and is documented more by the MissKey project (from which CalcKey is forked):
@ReticentTurnip personally, I want more agressive #Adblocker that'll literally filter all #ads on sight to be come the norm so that #advertising - espechally online - can only work to attract stupid SEO-oriented #bots.
Vintage advertising on Internet Archive! Heavenly. #Ad #Ads #Advertising #History
![A 1915 illustrated ad with showing a child pouring milk on a bowl of cereal that reads:
“Do you know a little house-mother — or a big one — whose appetite is a bit droopy in hot weather?
There's always a refreshing appeal in Kellogg's Toasted Corn Flakes with ripe fruits or berries — a little cold milk poured in at the side of the dish, and sprinkle the berries with powdered sugar — but not the golden flakes. All by themselves they have the coaxingest flavor.
There is a thought here for all of us perhaps — breakfast, luncheon or supper, or before going to bed — better than so much meat these summer days.
And remember, please, you don't know corn flakes unless you know Kellogg's — the original Toasted Corn Flakes — with the pride of the maker to keep the delicate process complete.
[text on drawing of cereal box] Kellogg’s Toasted Corn Flakes
W.K. Kellogg
Kellogg Toasted Corn Flake Co.
Battle Creek, Mich.
The sweetheart of the corn”](https://assets.toot.cafe/cache/media_attachments/files/110/340/303/054/857/744/small/29406030b5a8e1ab.jpeg)
I am suddenly seeing #ads in #DuckDuckGo even while using #Firefox with #uBlock and #PrivacyBadger. What gives?
Who the heck would voluntarily use an email service that puts #surveillance #ads inside email text?
A while ago I got interested in #ADS-B (or #adsb ) tracking of airplanes (the whole Elon-jet debacle was part of that). And as I tend to do with these things... I may have gotten hooked. As if I needed another hobby 🤷♂️
Anyway, my latest project is an attempt to make it much easier for people to get started with this... Even if they aren't technical and find the idea of using a command line interface really strange.
If you are curious: ADSB Feeder Image: https://my.adsb.im/howto
that link🔝 ⏫ is a must read
"#BlueSky Terms of Service gives Jack a 'perpetual' & 'irrevocable' license to all your content (posts, name, likeness, pics)
"#Privacy Policy says they'll stalk everything you do on the site, but also what you were doing before you got there & what you do after"
"...#Cookies, #pixel tags, & web beacons on app, web, & emails to stalk you all over the web. They'll use info for targeted #ads"
:nitter: https://nitter.net/ashleygjovik/status/1651686218319425570
This compendium is infuriating.
https://mjtsai.com/blog/2023/04/25/ads-in-the-windows-11-start-menu-and-in-ios/
Ah, so that was the missing feature that required creating a brand new protocol, I see.
"Hard to sustain a company like this without ads in todays world"
12+ million fediverse users would beg to differ.
Source: https://stefanbohacek.online/@mikestevens@aus.social/110229009098190020
No se les olvide:
Extensiones de Firefox que de cajón uso porque me gustan HARTO HARTO los streams de dudosa legalidad y los que añadieron otros vecinos del fedi.
✅ ublock Origin
✅ Disconnect
✅ Privacy Badger
✅ Video Download Helper
Agregamos:
✅ Bypass paywalls
✅ I dont care about cookies
✅ Ghostery
✅ LibRedirect
✅ Image search options
✅ Open subtitles
✅ Dark reader
Si usan alguno útil, rólenlo.
Finally there's project sponsors and advertising #ads of various sorts. I hate projects that build ads in to the releases (and possibly remove them with a license fee), and special treatment for cash can have a lot of side effects on function and community.
6/7
I wholeheartedly agree with this article. It's time to make all recommendation algorithms transparent *by law*.
The public and individuals have a right to know how they are been manipulated, gaslighted, ignored, sidelined, punished, nudged, discriminated against, etc., and how their personal data is being used to exploit and leverage.
It's time to reveal all recommendation algorithms • The Register
https://www.theregister.com/2023/04/13/reveal_all_recommendation_algorithms/
#privacy #algorithms #forYou #ads #openAccess #GDPR #OpenSource