r/FuckAds

Not only have ads on smartphone apps and websites (including but certainly not limited to Reddit) gotten more numerous, invasive, and “personalized” (via collecting your data), nobody seems to be talking about the fact they seem to be so much easier to “accidentally” click than ever before. Why is it that it seems most buttons and links on modern smartphones take a reasonable amount of precision tapping to activate, yet for ads, even breathing in their general direction is enough to activate them? Or the developer will load their stuff immediately, but load the ads on a 2-10 second delay so it pops right over the button you intend to press, precisely as you intend to press it.

This is a nuisance at best, but as often as WebKit vulnerabilities get discovered, I really don’t like being forced against my will to navigate to unknown and (if they’re using these tactics) seedy/sketchy websites. I wish Apple would introduce a standard for all App Store apps for the duration and precision of screen press to open in-app ads.

Tl;dr: Breathe in general direction of advertisement and it opens the full website.

Fuck ads. That's it. I get companies want to stick their products in our faces and somehow it works out for them as a business. But why do NTs find ads so fascinating and get easily deceived by a clearly brainwashing video designed to make you spend money. Not only the internet is filled with ads everywhere, but as my mom gets a little tech savvier, I have now to watch long-ass ads in the comfort of my home, or I'll make her sad somehow because I'm not brainwashing myself with a 10 minute ad for a random product for her. 🫠 Who the fuck invented ads anyway? 🤬

There is an advert for Deliveroo which has been coming up on YouTube videos for a few months. It says “a couple of ticks” but the “t” is unmistakably pronounced more like a ”d”. This is sexist and inappropriate. If it was a joke about women’s bodies, let’s just say they would be cancelled.

Idk how to track it down because it’s at the same second that I press skip!