I'm honestly kind of hostile to most ads and I've considered them bad for my wellbeing for a long time. Just the fact that they're ads at all regardless of content is usually enough to tick me off...
I'm honestly kind of hostile to most ads and I've considered them bad for my wellbeing for a long time. Just the fact that they're ads at all regardless of content is usually enough to tick me off just a little as a knee-jerk response. Maybe it's just a hatred for feeling manipulated, feeling like my time is being wasted, or getting burnt out on consumerism.
I'll mute my phone and turn it over for ads that play before or during videos and I consider it a victory when I turn the phone back over without ever getting to know who paid to be played. I'll back out of pages that ask me to whitelist them unless I've got an established relationship with the site or there's a way for me to pay to not get advertised at, otherwise it's off my roster. I'll lie on ad surveys because it's faster (which usually means answers along the lines of "I've never heard of hamburgers, sorry"). I always buy the ad-free version.
I think this is why I like stuff like Patreon. I'd rather directly support an app or creator I like than let them be beholden to what their advertisers want them to do - sometimes when I'm watching a promo or sponsorship message I feel like I'm watching someone just degrade themselves for money and it's uncomfortable. Unfortunately it's often not possible to get by on just patrons. :/
There's probably a bunch more detailed technical information published by Professor Oswald and his team in their research papers (or whatever), but I haven't looked into any of it. I was hoping to...
There's probably a bunch more detailed technical information published by Professor Oswald and his team in their research papers (or whatever), but I haven't looked into any of it. I was hoping to find in the article what they defined as "happiness", and it says they measured national happiness by asking in a survey to a million or so people, “How satisfied are you with your life?” using a scale.
I guess I can feel less guilty about using adblockers.
I'm honestly kind of hostile to most ads and I've considered them bad for my wellbeing for a long time. Just the fact that they're ads at all regardless of content is usually enough to tick me off just a little as a knee-jerk response. Maybe it's just a hatred for feeling manipulated, feeling like my time is being wasted, or getting burnt out on consumerism.
I'll mute my phone and turn it over for ads that play before or during videos and I consider it a victory when I turn the phone back over without ever getting to know who paid to be played. I'll back out of pages that ask me to whitelist them unless I've got an established relationship with the site or there's a way for me to pay to not get advertised at, otherwise it's off my roster. I'll lie on ad surveys because it's faster (which usually means answers along the lines of "I've never heard of hamburgers, sorry"). I always buy the ad-free version.
I think this is why I like stuff like Patreon. I'd rather directly support an app or creator I like than let them be beholden to what their advertisers want them to do - sometimes when I'm watching a promo or sponsorship message I feel like I'm watching someone just degrade themselves for money and it's uncomfortable. Unfortunately it's often not possible to get by on just patrons. :/
There's probably a bunch more detailed technical information published by Professor Oswald and his team in their research papers (or whatever), but I haven't looked into any of it. I was hoping to find in the article what they defined as "happiness", and it says they measured national happiness by asking in a survey to a million or so people, “How satisfied are you with your life?” using a scale.
I guess I can feel less guilty about using adblockers.