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minus-squarePrimeErective@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up10·1 year agoExactly. I hate when things say FREE!* (*With Ads), because you ARE paying for it. With your PRECIOUS TIME
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·1 year ago With your PRECIOUS TIME That’s the least of it! What’s worse is that you’re paying with your MENTAL HEALTH, because by their nature, ads are designed to make you feel like something is wrong with your life (and that buying the product can fix it). https://hbr.org/2020/01/advertising-makes-us-unhappy https://www.mqmentalhealth.org/adding-to-the-problem-advertising-and-mental-health/ https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/features/advertisings-toxic-effect-on-eating-and-body-image/ https://adfreecities.org.uk/what-we-do/advertising-mental-health/
minus-squarePrimeErective@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoThank you! I was always morally opposed to ads. Glad to have another great reason to shun them
minus-squareVirtualOdour@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoMy time is basically worthless when I’m watching YouTube
Exactly. I hate when things say FREE!* (*With Ads), because you ARE paying for it. With your PRECIOUS TIME
That’s the least of it! What’s worse is that you’re paying with your MENTAL HEALTH, because by their nature, ads are designed to make you feel like something is wrong with your life (and that buying the product can fix it).
https://hbr.org/2020/01/advertising-makes-us-unhappy
https://www.mqmentalhealth.org/adding-to-the-problem-advertising-and-mental-health/
https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/features/advertisings-toxic-effect-on-eating-and-body-image/
https://adfreecities.org.uk/what-we-do/advertising-mental-health/
Thank you! I was always morally opposed to ads. Glad to have another great reason to shun them
My time is basically worthless when I’m watching YouTube