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    Banner blindness is a wonderful thing, I would say that I don't think that most people see ads anymore due to the oversaturation of it, however, advertisers keep advertising and the industry is growing.

    I just don't know how people can notice this stuff anymore. I don't even feel the need to install adblockers because my mind already does even when it interrupts my browsing experience I just mindlessly skip on.

    Like Adrian said Its enough trouble to remember everyday normal stuff

    I do remember one though. British dude who bought a magic ring for luck out of Africa somewhere. Was on youtube he went from dirt poor to running multiple businesses because of this ring - I remember it because it was hilariously fake, I had to keep watching like he had a green screen background of this posh fireplace in a lounge. He looked terribly sad for somebody wh had a ton of luck and success in life. I think I probably remember and watch more of the bad ads than any normal ones.
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    All my devices run loads of ad-blockers, firewalls and hosts-file url blockers.

    I HATE ADVERTISING

    I can't bear to listen to the radio either. Cape Talk is 50 minutes of advertising out of every 60. I will rather just drive in silence!

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    I find it very difficult to focus with all the flashing going on around the screen.
    It probably is my character/personality, but that is what gives me the edge in my industry, identifying the subtle nuances whether colour, smell or sounds as diagnostic tools to troubleshoot and provide as clues to what is the trouble with the equipment.
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    Marketing is important and therefore ads are important to get a message across. However, I prefer not to watch the ads as they are repetitive and are mostly an intrusion on my privacy or viewing pleasure.

    The best thing ever is Catch-up on DSTV. No ads and you can watch whenever you want to.
    I record the programmes that are not on catch-up and fast forward when there is an ad break.
    Streaming channels with ads in their movies are avoided.

    All the junk in the post box goes to the bin.
    Newspaper or magazine ads are glossed over as I am sometimes interested in the art, composition or concept.

    The worst is a call from a call centre which is always an inconvenience and an irritation, but to be called by a robot is a total insult.
    Those numbers are obviously blocked, so I will only receive it once.
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    I accept every business needs to advertise, but this constant bombardment on radio, TV and bill board adverts about one particular insurance company goes beyond acceptable. So much so that I have moved all but one of my policies, can't change because it is part of a bond to other companies.

    With satellite TV have even reached a point where you place the viewing contents on hold, and they quickly insert an advert on the screen while on hold WTF!
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    One of the things that makes me really angry is when companies use formal data channels to push advertising. Banks, medical aids and even varsities do this - Capitec, Momentum and Varsity College mix SPAM and official into on the same channels. I get terribly annoyed when I get a SMS from Momentum telling me some rubbish at 4am.

    Wait till the companies catch on to spamming people on Whatsapp - then the $hit is going to really hit the fan - We will then be forced to switch to Telegram.

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    It is a blatant disrespect of your privacy ... I suppose they way they see it ... if you are stupid enough to tick all the boxes ... then they have the right to invade your privacy.

    The concern is how they have total control over your device ... to the point that the device is completely out of your control while they bombard you with crap.

    I got a set of airpods and use them for when I work ... I can still hear what is going on around me or block the noise when working with the routers and noisy machines (not totally but enough to listen to music) ... I dont want an apple subscription ... so I tried the tunein app ... what a joke ... the radio ad can be running and they cut the ad and just load another ad ... so I deleted it ... the catch is now I have to leave the ipad open and plugged in otherwise it just cuts off what ever you are listening to ... another reason if you dont want to subscribe to the apple empire ... rather get an android device a with Sony pods.
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    Well the apple empire has now taken it upon themselves to search every singe apple cloud image for child porn. Lets see where that idea goes given that they are the ones touting privacy and encryption. They feel they have the right to search everybody's stuff - what are they going to search for next? FxcK that - I don't store ANYTHING AT ALL - EVER - in the cloud for some company to pick through at their leisure. The issue is not whether it is child porn or false teeth they are looking for - THEY HAVE NO RIGHT! apple are just a bunch of scumbags. I also see that if Airpods are used on Android that 90% of the features are disabled.

    Anyway, back to advertising. I never get ads on Facebook - I reported each and ever add I ever got for Sexual Harassment (The ads were getting on my T!ts) - They eventually gave up on putting ads on my timeline!

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