I diligently mute them, I’m a freak I cannot stand them. But from the nature of many people’s complaints about ads, it seems like they listen to them and want to retain the words they’ve said?

  • electric_nan
    12·
    7 days ago

    I take ads as a personal attack on my psyche. I turn my toothpaste around so I’m not looking at the logo. I pirate any shows I want to watch, and I use uBlock Origin in my browser.

  • 2ugly2live@lemmy.world
    2·
    7 days ago

    I haven’t seen an add in years, but I would mute or do something else like a regular commercial break. You know, snack, maybe bathroom, check my phone, etc.

  • don@lemm.ee
    1·
    7 days ago

    My guess is that normal people, such as the ones least likely to be on Lemmy, don’t do anything when an ad plays. They’re accustomed to seeing them, and aren’t likely to be inclined to stop them, as quite a few on here would. There are always outliers, though.

  • mrvictory1@lemmy.world
    0·
    7 days ago

    One of the following:

    • Ignore, do nothing.
    • Fast forward. An ad break is around 15 min so sometimes we start watching a program late so we can fast forward ads later.
    • Change channel. Sometimes half the ad breaks are at the end of the program so by changing channel you don’t lose anything lol.
    • SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de
      491·
      9 days ago

      same. something like 17 years here.

      Caught some TV a couple months ago at my moms place, and was horrified about the amount of ad breaks and length. I don’t know how anyone can tolerate this

      • zoostation@lemmy.world
        111·
        8 days ago

        With a DVR you haven’t had to watch a commercial on TV/cable in over 20 years. Streaming is bringing unskippable ads and surveillance. The internet is making things worse, not better.

    • Dizzy Devil Ducky@lemm.eeEnglish
      1·
      8 days ago

      I don’t watch it, but I definitely second hand consume it because my parents still watch cable. I don’t really have a choice either since most every night I’m helping cook dinner while my dad watches his nightly reruns of MASH and Emergency (unless it’s something else for a change). The ads aren’t extremely unbearable because they’re aimed at middle-aged to elderly people like my dad, but I don’t care for them.

  • infinite_ass@leminal.space
    57·
    8 days ago

    Visit a house where they have the tv on all the time. Commercials and everything. It’s harsh.

    I jolly roger everything. No commercials.

  • ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.orgEnglish
    36·
    8 days ago

    I found a cool way of ad-blocking back when I watched TV. Probably does not work anymore, and relies on Teletext page 888 (closed captions, the number varies by country) not being updated during ads.

    1. Mute
    2. Switch to another channel and back to clear Teletext cache
    3. Turn on fullscreen Teletext, any page (I like the 89x test patterns)
    4. Type “888” as the page you want to go to
    5. The TV will now wait for 888 to be broadcast, which only happens after ads and trailers
    6. The program is now running with captions. Disable Teletext and unmute if you want sound instead.
      • ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.orgEnglish
        6·
        8 days ago

        It definitely still works in the Czech Republic and Germany. Our pre-2023 president was an avid user. Public TV stations hand-format their own and syndicated news for 39 columns and pick monthly poetry. Commercial stations just automatically jam syndicated news into the format, sometimes overflowing to another subpage just by 1 word, and host huge amounts of banner and fullscreen ads with meh graphics by Teletext standards, mostly for dodgy phone services like tarot and erotic hotlines. They also host “chat24”, probably the worst message board ever: imagine a public IRC room but $0.50 per message (by SMS) including setting your nickname and color.

        Pics: https://imgur.com/a/JF3wN6L

  • wia@lemmy.ca
    20·
    8 days ago

    What are ads?

    I haven’t had an ad in my house or on my devices in like 15years. I block all ads.

    When I go elsewhere or out and see an ad I literally get confused for a second before I remember people still let them play.

    Don’t suffer through ads friend.

    • BruceTwarzen@lemm.ee
      8·
      7 days ago

      People think i’m crazy when i tell them that. I think it’s crazy to get ass blasted by ads. The only time i see an ad is when i’m at someone’s home and the tv is running. I’m almost mesmerized by it because of how bad and frequent they appear.

  • roofuskit@lemmy.worldEnglish
    16·
    9 days ago

    I have not put myself in a position to be forced to watch ads in a very long time. Even when I had normal TV service I was recording shows to a computer that would identify the commercials to automatically skip them when I watched a show. But I guess I’m not anywhere near normal in that regard.

  • GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca
    161·
    8 days ago

    One of the best things I did was raise my kids ad-free for the first 5 or 6 years of their lives. The first time they saw ads, they were baffled about what they were, then they were baffled why people would put up with them.