I have a tab open that just loads a different ad every time I refresh. Apparently they've also started showing you a popup telling you that Youtube does not allow adblocking, telling you to either allow ads or buy YT Premium. Haven't seen that one myself, just started getting pre-video ads.
Seeing an ad on my desktop computer felt like someone just invaded my personal space or dipped their nuts in my drink while making eye contact, like I'm used to the browsing experience on phones sucking ass but I haven't had to deal with ads on PC in over a decade, it literally feels alien :what-the-hell:
I’ve noticed that google has ratcheted up their advertising lately. On Apple TV the first thumbnail is now an ad and in gmail there are ads throughout the inbox instead of only at the top.
There are ads in Gmail now? That's horrendous.
I still use my Gmail account because I can't be bothered to set up an account somewhere that doesn't suck, but I check my mail through a dedicated mail program, never the site. Google might read all of my mail, but they will not advertise to me.
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I must be extremely out of touch in that regard then. That's fine by me.
You can easily disable gmail ads, I didn't even know they existed https://support.google.com/mail/thread/53671600/how-to-remove-the-ads-in-gmail?hl=en
That link isn’t working for me. You can disable ads in gmail completely? I’ve only been able to turn off “ad personalization”
The answer in the link is
If that doesn't work, it might be some other personalization setting.
If I go to my gmail settings on the web, I see a bunch of settings that say "Turn on smart features and personalization in Gmail, Chat, and Meet to.... (enable a disabled feature)"