Up to you whether you want to limit your answer to software that is possible/realistic

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[–] 8 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

An ad blocker, but it doesn't just block the ad, it engages with it based on your defined parameters. You get a blacklist/whitelist setup, so you can list businesses and topics you want to support and businesses you don't. Now every aldi ad that I don't actually see gets a bot version of my engagement to convince advertisers that I'm into that, but every Nestlé ad gets reported for abuse with links to their many, many crimes. All the while, it looks like I'm engaging with the advertising like a good little consumer without ever having to waste my own time.

The environment is genuinely a give and take, and I wonder what part of the adpocolype is caused by garbage data due to ad blocking. Instead, we opt out. Instead of digging through our trash and spying in our movements we just give them an itemized list and tell them to fuck off.

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