Blocking real-world ads: is the future here? (adguard.com)
from Pro@programming.dev to technology@lemmy.world on 27 Jun 18:37
https://programming.dev/post/32997986

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just_another_person@lemmy.world on 27 Jun 18:55 next collapse

Super clever project, but goddamn does this need feel so dystopian.

<img alt="" src="https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/5128fc44-3b65-43d0-9074-ceaa3fbc4480.gif">

NoSpotOfGround@lemmy.world on 27 Jun 19:15 next collapse

I’m all for the “SLEEP 8 HOURS” bit though. I need more of that in my life.

MysticKetchup@lemmy.world on 27 Jun 19:19 collapse

If anything this is an overly optimistic representation of consumerism given that they limit work to 8 hours and encourage 8 hours of play

anomnom@sh.itjust.works on 29 Jun 13:00 collapse

No hours left for housework, eating, or shitting.

Ganbat@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 27 Jun 20:10 collapse

Work 8 hours
Sleep 8 hours
Play 8 hours

Old-school dystopias were a fucking dream compared to the modern world I guess.

MangoCats@feddit.it on 27 Jun 20:24 next collapse

So, through my lifetime that “Work 8 hours” somehow evolved into:

Leave for work at 7am. Show up for work by 8am. Get an hour for lunch, unpaid. Leave work at 5pm. Get home approximately 6pm, if you don’t stop to buy groceries or something.

I suppose commuting and lunch are supposed to be part of those “8 hours of play”?

rmuk@feddit.uk on 28 Jun 13:34 collapse

Eight hours of labour, eight hours of recovery, eight hours of preparing for labour/recovery.

can_you_change_your_username@fedia.io on 27 Jun 23:57 collapse

Al Bundy peaked in highschool, never went to college, was a shoe salesman at the mall. Al Bundy had an, at least, three bedroom single family home in a nice neighborhood, supported a family of four plus a dog on his single income, had ample free time to spend with family and friends and to spend on hobbies.

Al Bundy: Failure and constant butt of jokes in the 1980s, unobtainable vision of success in the 2020s

Peter_Arbeitslos@feddit.org on 27 Jun 19:26 next collapse

Instructions to block ads in real life:

Step 1: Pull out your eyes.

Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 28 Jun 04:22 collapse

Step 2: Blow out your ear drums.

gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works on 27 Jun 19:52 next collapse

If there’s a real world screen showing a real world ad to you, you’ve got to be really careful not to lean against the screen with a broken spark plug or some other sort of ceramic shard, because you could easily shatter the screen and make it really hard for you and other people to be advertised to 👉👈🥺

DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works on 27 Jun 21:22 collapse

Google DuckDuckGo “Tactical Pen” 😏

anomnom@sh.itjust.works on 29 Jun 13:03 collapse

Save money and get a spring loaded center punch at a hardware store.

Or one of these. It blends in better with the rest of your pens in a bag.

Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works on 29 Jun 13:59 collapse

What is that first one used for? It’s grouped with leatherworking tools when I look at it.

Doublenut@lemmy.zip on 29 Jun 17:56 collapse

Center punch for drilling holes. It makes a little indent in whatever (leather, metal, wood) so your drill bit doesn’t walk from your center mark, or sometimes in the case of leather, give you a starting point for your awl.

Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works on 29 Jun 20:36 collapse

Oh that’s actually convenient… For $3 I will have to pick one up.

TheFogan@programming.dev on 27 Jun 20:25 next collapse

Seems to me pointless, biggest one being, if this was developed in a working manner, and was used… advertisers would mix between going more subtle, or more obnoxious. Just like on the web.

IE subway stations could put say a code you need to get into the subway in the middle of an advertisement. IE the real life equivelant of “you must disable your adblocker to continue”.

mat@linux.community on 27 Jun 23:07 next collapse

Enjoyed the article but augh that sticky banner at the top that follows as I scroll took up 30% of my reading space. Gave up halfway through to enable reader mode on Firefox mobile…

lone_faerie@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 27 Jun 23:55 next collapse

If you can superimpose a blocker over real-world ads, you can superimpose ads onto plain walls too

molten@lemmy.world on 28 Jun 03:54 next collapse

Any AR or XR glasses that don’t sell your data to everyone who gives a shady glance? or can be modified not to?

Showroom7561@lemmy.ca on 28 Jun 04:06 next collapse

I’ll turn to spray paint and vandalism if we ever reach that kind of ad hellscape.

Meron35@lemmy.world on 28 Jun 05:21 next collapse

Just be like the French and ban billboard advertising. No need for these stupid gadgets.

French cities are banning billboards - marketplace.org/…/french-cities-are-banning-billb…

Deathray5@lemmynsfw.com on 29 Jun 10:29 next collapse

Waow

_core@sh.itjust.works on 29 Jun 12:40 collapse

Vermont bans billboards already

melsaskca@lemmy.ca on 29 Jun 12:01 next collapse

I’m starting to think that without the advertisement industry that the whole world’s capitalistic societies would collapse. Where else is value so subjective that you can earn a million bucks if you are slightly famous and in a 30 second commercial.

WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works on 29 Jun 12:05 collapse

it sounds good, until you realize that it needs not only AR glasses, but one with built in cameras.

such glasses need to be banned yesterday. AR glasses are obviously not the problem, but basically walking always on cameras are

lime@feddit.nu on 29 Jun 12:26 next collapse

all AR glasses need cameras. that’s how they figure out where in the R to put the A.

WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works on 29 Jun 19:58 collapse

not really. AR glasses don’t have to be aware of your surroundings, they can just place content relative to where you look, and they can use a gyroscope as a compass for more advanced things. maybe there are other sensors that would be useful too while being compatible with privacy.

of course they won’t be able to place apps on your fridge, or run search on anyone coming by on the street, but it can still be very useful

radding@lemmy.ca on 29 Jun 19:35 collapse

Ban them? No.

While there are misuses and privacy invasions, they still can be beneficial for some people. Bracket bans only harm those who can truely benefit from it (visual impaired, deaf, folks who need translations etc )

WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works on 29 Jun 20:08 next collapse

yes. ban them. they are already illegal in civilized countries for recording people without their expressed consent.

ok, maybe I wasn’t clear, ban them from public spaces, including venues. you can use it at home if you want, and at your friends if they don’t send you home for it.

folks who need translations

they can point their phones’ focused camera on the text they want to translate.

for disabilities, we need to research tools that allow affected people to exist more freely while being compatible with privacy.

yes, I’m also against artificial eyes that work electronically or can connect to an electronic system

ILoveUnions@lemmy.world on 30 Jun 21:41 collapse

Special permits are a non issue. Disguised in any way cameras should be banned outright tbh