1/ How to get back at @google and @youtube (especially the latter) with their #MassAdvertisementViolence if you still want to use @youtube:
=> use other search engines. If you need google (like @googlescholar_ or @googledrive , speed-dial them separately
@pissedconsumer @CES
=> use other search engines. If you need google (like @googlescholar_ or @googledrive , speed-dial them separately
@pissedconsumer @CES
2/
=> Go to the @Google search engine and use the following search expressions or similar: "corporatocracy", "class action against google", "mTOR ganglia neuro", "aberrant genome adenosine", "trichonympha collaris"
@ConsumerReports @CFPB
=> Go to the @Google search engine and use the following search expressions or similar: "corporatocracy", "class action against google", "mTOR ganglia neuro", "aberrant genome adenosine", "trichonympha collaris"
@ConsumerReports @CFPB
3/
=> make sure to include relevant and left-leaning social issues expression and click on "related items" such as "civil rights" (click on @aclu, @ADL, @splcenter etc)
=> make sure to include completely non-commercial items (such as the random technical terms above)
=> make sure to include relevant and left-leaning social issues expression and click on "related items" such as "civil rights" (click on @aclu, @ADL, @splcenter etc)
=> make sure to include completely non-commercial items (such as the random technical terms above)
4/
=> go to your "google add settings"
=> change your date of birth every couple of days (very different age groups)
=> delete almost every "interest"
=> go to your "google add settings"
=> change your date of birth every couple of days (very different age groups)
=> delete almost every "interest"
5/
=> on @youtube, report any advertiser that shows up over 3 times on your stream for "mass advertisement" and block them
=> on @youtube, report any advertiser that shows up over 3 times on your stream for "mass advertisement" and block them
6/
=> alternatively, you can use your phone's browser, use the youtube add blocker plugin, login to @youtube through the browser and make it "screen shortcut"
=> alternatively, you can use your phone's browser, use the youtube add blocker plugin, login to @youtube through the browser and make it "screen shortcut"
7/ I've done all of this and even my @youtube app on the phone, which I use to listen to music while I walk on the treadmill, for example, is now almost add-free
8/ Eventually, consumers' rights organizations should come up with actions that will force media companies and advertisers to change their MO and stop mass advertisement, excessive popups, etc.
9/ The only way to do it is to hurt them where it hurts the most for them: their pocket. Once advertisers start observing negative SALES results as a consequence of these VIOLENT advertisement actions, they will change.
10/ One thing is certain: advertisement is versatile and hires some of the brightest and most creative minds. Once they realize this is not working, they will come up with something else.
11/ Unless we regulate them, it's not going to be good. But we do have a power we are not exerting.
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