I use ad blockers and open source privacy focused software whenever I can but occasionally I have to use computers that don’t belong to me or an older phone where my usual applications aren’t installed and seeing all the advertisements just feels dirty and dystopian.
I think the worst ads are the text to speech ones that say “Download this app today”. The unblinking energenic people saying you can make a living at home are probably a close second.
yeah, i’ve been trying out different browsers and it’s so so bad. like, they’re pure garbage
don draper era ads actually had fucking thought in there. people made art and worked on the typesetting. now it’s pure AI vomit garbage that means nothing to nobody, nobody along the entire chain of making this gave a single fuck about it, no one that’s ever seen the image has had a genuine feeling come from it other than disgust and doom.
You’re seeing the past with rose-tinted glasses. Ads fucking sucked as well back in the day, and you’re only remembering the ones that are, well, memorable. And even that means that the fucking advertisers won; because you’re still thinking about those ads - and remember: ads are created specifically to get to your hard-earned money.