Hatred of Advertisements

This cluster centers on users expressing strong dislike for ads, viewing them as annoying, unethical, manipulative, and a form of mental pollution, with debates on their necessity and personal avoidance strategies.

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Sample Comments

notarget137 Apr 22, 2024 View on HN

Sounds like advertisement is something that people usually don't want to see or click on. I wonder why?

Dylan16807 Oct 16, 2018 View on HN

It's not doing anything to be annoying on purpose. It's just a fact of life that ads are annoying. If they could use non-annoying ads, I'm sure they would.

atomical Jun 2, 2019 View on HN

This is an advertisement. Do you know why people dislike them? Have you researched it?

monadic2 Jul 7, 2020 View on HN

It’s like ads are something nobody wants.

jonprobably Oct 21, 2020 View on HN

The comment implies ads are unethical. I disagree.

grugagag Jul 28, 2020 View on HN

I'm in the same boat, i'm not a consumer as they'd want us to be, I don't buy into any bullshit marketing, I never buy advertised stuff that passes my add blockers, I don't watch TV and when I unavoidably see billboards outside I make a mental note not to buy those products specifically because all the money spent on adverting will be paid by the customer in the end and Im not that sucker. I think advertising is toxic and obnoxious, but that's not everybody's o

_ZeD_ Jul 26, 2023 View on HN

well, the whole concept of "ads" is a bit evil by itself

querulous Mar 5, 2021 View on HN

people tautologically define ads as only that which they don't wish to see

manigandham May 24, 2015 View on HN

but people whine when they see ads that are not to their interests either. there is no way to win.

maximusprime Nov 18, 2011 View on HN

You're an outlier. Most people don't mind ads.