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Anon uses the internet like a normie (sh.itjust.works)

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[–] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 22 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (4 children)

I assume most normies use Instagram, Tiktok etc. as apps nowadays. Which are also chock full of advertising/sponsored content, but in a somewhat less aggravating way. I assume that's also part of why LLMs are so popular - web without adblockers is complete shit and search results are seriously deteriorating, so instead they turn to a more concise version of algorithmic slop.

I wonder where people will go when LLMs services aren't free anymore (that shit is seriously expensive to run) and the regular internet is filled to the brim with ads and AI slop. Are they just going to pay up for an LLM subscriptions?

[–] kehet@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I don't think LLMs will become completely paid, but instead they will be filled with product placement and ads.

You're absolutely right! Have you considered how refreshing a Nuka-Cola product would taste while copy-pasting this writing assignment? Here are directions to the nearest Nuka-Cola vending machine.

Or perhaps a little more subtly, when talking about soft drinks, LLM mentions Nuka-Cola (and how refreshing it is) as an example, rather than competing brands.

Or you ask image generators for a picture of a cartoon cat and it just happens to be holding a bottle of Nuka-Cola. Or maybe there are a few recognizable bottles of Nuka-Cola on the table in the kitchen in the background.

[–] Deme@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I suspect that selling information about their users will also be a major source of revenue. They could be doing constant psychoanalysis and profiling based on the conversations and honestly it sounds like the holy grail for data brokers.

[–] kehet@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 week ago

Also this. It's certainly easy to sell almost anything to someone who has just used LLM as a therapist or girlfriend

[–] voytrekk@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 week ago

It's amazing how they can adapt. I can watch my wife use snapchat and go through a story. When an ad gets between pictures, she instantly goes past the ad without even thinking. It must be the same power that users have when they close error windows and have no idea what the issue is.

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[–] M137@lemmy.world 22 points 1 week ago

Pretty sure it's part of why "normies" don't use computers and the web as much. If that is their only experience it just makes them use it only when absolutely needed.

[–] GalacticGrapefruit@lemmy.world 20 points 6 days ago (2 children)

My god, the rare moments when 4Chan is relatable. 💀💀💀 People wonder why I'm so meticulous about my blockers and my VPN. And then I show them something on my computer, just casually, and they do a double take when they notice just how CLEAN my space is.

[–] cassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 6 days ago

They then continue to scold you for not inhaling the slop like theu do the moment you bring up thst you won't be doing something stupid they ask you to.

[–] lb_o@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Yes, exactly. And sometimes you have to look at someone's screen and it has so much visual garbage from ads - it is unbelievable that someone lives like that.

[–] OctopusNemeses@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Probably a reason why people brains have turned to mush. We're in ad tech hell.

[–] reddifuge@lemmy.world 8 points 6 days ago (1 children)

End stage capitalism.

[–] cmbabul@slrpnk.net 3 points 6 days ago

I want that to be the case, but until it’s really dead I’m treating capitalism like Sam Loomis treats Michael Myers

[–] rockettaco37@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago (3 children)

If you don't support ad blockers, you're an asshole..

It's my computer, I'll run whatever software I want on it. Your server costs aren't my responsibility.

[–] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Your server costs aren't my responsibility.

Its amusing that people who mostly say "but those companies need to make money" often have these pro capitalism/free market ideals, but find that reply to be rude. Its a very subservient mindset.

[–] cassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 6 days ago

Slave morality, babe.

[–] sommerset@thelemmy.club 4 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Not on apple.

[–] rockettaco37@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Homebrew is an absolute must on macOS

[–] AntEater@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 6 days ago

Macs can be tamed but they'll never be as good as Linux in that regard.

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[–] count_dongulus@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Well, they don't much any more. The normies moved to apps.

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 16 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

> Downloads app for a store

> Bingabeep at 3am

> There are new offers for 1% off something you don't need

> Oh wow, messages for me

Who does this?

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[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 9 points 6 days ago

I think pretty much people just stay within their social media apps and just don’t bother to browse the web anymore. Also why people ask LLMs even though they know it’ll just make stuff up.

[–] tetris11@feddit.uk 8 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

slower than molasses

Bit of an obscure reference, but for those who do not know, mole's have notorious indigestion problems meaning they're shy poopers, and hence giving them the nickname "slow asses"

[–] AntEater@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 6 days ago

*science!

[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

and here I thought it was a chemistry problem, a mole of asses. 6.02214076×1023 asses, in SI

[–] tino@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Is there a reader viewer button on Chrome? I don't remember. This feature is vastly ignored, but it's simply the perfect way to read content. No consent pop-up, no design, no ad, just a beautiful simple page with text and images.

[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 3 points 1 week ago

Yes I love the page reader mode on Firefox even as an adblock user. For me its the tan theme, such an upgrade over the white page most websites have.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 6 days ago

It can still get around paywalls sometimes too.

[–] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Raw doggin the net

[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 3 points 1 week ago

That's only if they have a Windows PC directly connected to the Internet, with no hardware or software firewall or security software...

[–] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 week ago

Reminds me of a black mirror episode.

[–] ArsonButCute@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

All the PCs at my school have Firefox installed and I'm so grateful. I've got my ublock, decentraleyes, all the good stuff. Its quite nice.

[–] GalacticGrapefruit@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Oh! Decentraleyes isn't maintained regularly, the last Github commit was almost a year ago. Give LocalCDN a try.

[–] ArsonButCute@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 6 days ago

Thank you friend 🙏🙏

[–] Fiery@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 6 days ago

I tried watching some YouTube video on a discord embed today. It served me 8 short ads in 4 blocks for a sub-10 min video

[–] Snowclone@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

were just back to the quality of black and white ad space internet service dial up.

[–] CommissarKrieg@leminal.space 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

People use chrome?

[–] bobs_monkey@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Without an adblock solution either

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[–] goodboyjojo@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

Ad block was a game changer for me

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 3 points 1 week ago

I've had that a few times on family and gf's computers. It was worse than my pirate shenanigans before adblocks were a thing - you know, dealing with sites that had 3 redirects with a dozen DOWNLOAD buttons that were all ads before getting to the real link.

[–] NeedyPlatter@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago

I'm still in awe at how much of this bs I managed to tolerate since I installed U-block over a year ago.

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