I, for one, specifically go out of my way to not purchase things that have been advertised to me, but I also only see about one ad per year on average, because ads are a known malware vector and not blocking ads is just bad security hygiene. Not having to constantly be force-fed capitalism slop is just a nice side benefit.
But yeah, my particular 'tism mostly manifests as spite in this case, and from what I’ve heard tell from other Lemmings I’m in pretty good company in that regard with this group. We just need to figure out how to export that spite to the common man.
I too have autism, and I have this same response of spite towards advertizers.
I am reluctant to buy or use things that are advertized to me, ads lower my opinion of a product by a lot. I cringe at products/brands that advertize. A good product would not aggressively try to make me want it; doing so is a vile deed. It’s abuse of people and should qualify as a human rights violation (we need way more recognized human rights).
I aggressively block ads, so I almost exclusively see yt sponsorships, and my response to those is “ew”. “Ew a proprietary VPN” “Ew mobile game”
I, for one, specifically go out of my way to not purchase things that have been advertised to me, but I also only see about one ad per year on average, because ads are a known malware vector and not blocking ads is just bad security hygiene. Not having to constantly be force-fed capitalism slop is just a nice side benefit.
But yeah, my particular 'tism mostly manifests as spite in this case, and from what I’ve heard tell from other Lemmings I’m in pretty good company in that regard with this group. We just need to figure out how to export that spite to the common man.
I too have autism, and I have this same response of spite towards advertizers.
I am reluctant to buy or use things that are advertized to me, ads lower my opinion of a product by a lot. I cringe at products/brands that advertize. A good product would not aggressively try to make me want it; doing so is a vile deed. It’s abuse of people and should qualify as a human rights violation (we need way more recognized human rights).
I aggressively block ads, so I almost exclusively see yt sponsorships, and my response to those is “ew”. “Ew a proprietary VPN” “Ew mobile game”