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“This is getting ridiculous and I'm about to just toss the whole thing and move back to Google,” one Redditor said of the “full-volume” ads for Alexa+ on their Echo Show.

Oh sweet summer child, Google is NOT going to be any better at this. That will just be changing one corporate evil for another.

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[–] Alenalda@lemmy.world 21 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Wait until your smart TV starts playing adds every 10min no matter what your watching, or even if the TV is "turned off"

[–] spicehoarder@lemmy.zip 6 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (1 children)

The only ads I'm watching are the previews 💪

[–] LOLseas@sh.itjust.works 2 points 20 hours ago

Kudos on the N64. What game is loaded? I bought me a Retro-Bit Tribute64 controller and got Rosalina's mupen64 Emulator going on. Oh my sweet sweet Perfect Dark...

[–] thr0w4w4y2@sh.itjust.works 20 points 1 day ago

“Drink a verification can to continue”

[–] markovs_gun@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

Or use eye tracking to automatically pause the ad if you look away from it and hold up everything until you actually watch it

[–] TheObviousSolution@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Its subscription is 4 dollars cheaper, though!

[–] ghosthacked@lemmy.wtf 2 points 21 hours ago

Ambient display ads.