Yes, this instance is definitely the wrong place to ask, but maybe I’ll be surprised.

I hate commercial ads. I consider them intolerable and violating. I’m far from alone in this perspective (see: famous Banksy quote, and subvertising + related cultures). It’s one of the rawest forms of exploitative manipulation.

So surely you can understand my confusion whenever I see people just watching ads on their phone until they finish, or even watching ads on television until their show starts again. Come on, just do something else for 4 minutes (most channels run two 4 minute segments per half hour, that why your downloaded TV episodes are 22 minutes each instead of 30)

Is there a more meaningful answer than “laziness”?

  • Sickos [they/them, it/its]@hexbear.netEnglish
    11·
    5 days ago

    The impossibility of looking away, as they are designed to grab attention. Ad shot lengths/jump cuts happen every couple seconds, and that sudden movement in one’s periphery demands attention.

    • comfy@lemmy.mlOP
      3·
      3 days ago

      My approach if adblocking isn’t an option is switching tab/window and muting the tab (on a computer, that’s just two click at the top of the screen) or on a phone, muting and putting the phone out of view.