Yeah but it’s exactly that tolerance that I don’t understand – on an emotional level.
Sure I can rationally construct reasons for why this has developed in this way and why people got used to it, but I can’t get entirely get rid of this initial “how can the third ad in 20 minutes of video not make you furious?” reaction.
We’re not far off really. I’d wager more people are using things like WhatsApp or Discord for calls, and there are ads baked into those.
There are ads in those?! Why the fuck are people putting up with that?
Network effect. And most people’s tolerance for ads is crazy high.
So those people can chat with me through a Matrix bridge while I wear my hazmat suit.
Yeah but it’s exactly that tolerance that I don’t understand – on an emotional level.
Sure I can rationally construct reasons for why this has developed in this way and why people got used to it, but I can’t get entirely get rid of this initial “how can the third ad in 20 minutes of video not make you furious?” reaction.
I can only assume it’s a frog in a pot of boiling water type situation for people that haven’t just used ad-blockers since their creation.
Also a lot of people just pay for premium to remove them instead.