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?
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.
This is the way
Why you askin Lemmy what normal people do?!
Lol, the fuck is an ad???
I either pay for no ads, or sail the high seas
Fucks ads
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.
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.
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.
I mute them, look away, or go to another room. Can’t let the bastards win…
I mute ads when I can’t ship them and I’m not walking away to get something. They’re so loud. 🔇
I mute and change channels. Bout half of them have the same ads on at the same time though
Team mute all the way.
BTW I hate using Apple TV.
My home is off the grid
Mute ads in live sports. Absolutely.
Avoid ads in all other formats.
I recently tried to watch sports. It was fun but disgusting. The biggest racket I’ve ever seen. $80/month to watch Baseball?! $17,000 for World Series tickets?!
I always thought not wanting to watch sports was a choice. Apparently you can only watch sports if you’re a fucking millionaire.
I solved this problem by having not watched cable television in like ten years.
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.
I have no idea what normal people do, but I avoid ads at all costs. Sometimes I pay premium, sometimes I just don’t watch.
Ads aren’t a thing in my life. On the off day I have to visit someone who lives with ads and suffer through one or two I tough it out, or look at my phone, or do something different.
I don’t watch live TV. I dont pay for any subscription services except phone service and internet data. I watch YouTube content that has the ads stripped out. I download youtube videos that get often rewatched to hard drive. For movies I buy DVD that can have the drm stripped out.
I play good video games preferably drm free (steam is the one service I can’t really give up easy, but it has offline mode and the deck so praise gaben!). I read e-books that are drm free. I have a mp3 player downloaded with all my music drm free.
The better question is, why are you willing to live with ads at all? Assuming you are in control of your living situation and have the power change whats shown on tv or played through speakers.
Why would you tolerate being constantly bombarded with manipulative messaging by companies, political canpaigns, and all the other powerful groups who want to affect he masses for their benefit?
Why is it so hard just say no? To give up the forms of toxic entertainment delivery? Why can’t you sacrifice ease and convinence and familiarity to regain some control overhow your attention is spent during free time?
If you like something, buy it and really take the steps to own it physically.
