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[–] 10 points 3 hours ago (3 children)

I've seen my niece and her friends get incredibly sexual ads on their YT before. Taught them both how to install adblock even on an iPhone and managed to make them not see that shit anymore. Mind you, my niece and her friends are FOURTEEN!

I felt like such an adult when they were getting excited that Fandom didn't have ads anymore when I showed them what a DNS sinkhole is. This is what it means to be an adult. To use your wisdom to help the new generation navigate theirs.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

    That's the best kind of praxis, because it will (hopefully) outlive you.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 hours ago* (1 child)

    Is it really praxis tho? Like it is just being a good guardian to my niece and her friends. I get it to an extent that 'ads are the price you pay for using a service for free' but to what end? Google is a massive company and should vet the advertisements they allow a lot more.

    The fact children are getting highly sexual ads is a failure on their part and I see blocking ads as a fair reprisal to them until they can sort themselves out. It's my civil disobedience as a consumer. Like especially these days with how massively invasive ads have become.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 hour ago

    My view is that 15 years ago (maybe longer) “ads are the price you pay” was valid. They weren’t tracking everything you do… yet. They’ve gone too far and until they stop there’s no reason for you play by the rules either.

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