The original post: /r/piracy by /u/jillywacker on 2024-07-02 09:50:24.

Streaming services, im now paying for ads, for me it was binge, now Amazon prime, this is a fucking joke. Worst of all is youtube, I watched a 58 min video on my smart TV and got 13, 5 ads, ad breaks.

I have an album my fiance set up so our relatives can see photos or clips of our baby with a link, now that has ads between photo’s.

Reddit ads, youtube ads, streaming ads, ads in traffic (buses and bilboards), email ads, snapchat ads, ads as notifications on my phone from uber or Samsung and Google, ads in my mailbox, ads in games I’ve paid for.

Everywhere I turn, it feels like my attention is being bought and paid for, im genuinely scared for the future of humanity with how much attention is being monetised.

Probably not the right sub to bitch about this, but piracy is 100% ethical, not giving money to these people and companies to further advertise to us is right.