[silisili]

I have always disliked ads, but this has slowly grown into outright unreasonable anger as the years go. I just cancel anything I'm paying for that shows intrusive ads.

I was a little worried about cancelling Amazon Prime at first, but realized I didn't -really- need some JIXFOZ branded gadgets next day, after all.

I plead with everyone who feels similarly to vote with their feet/wallet. It's the only hope of getting out of this mess.

[shakna]

Advertising is predicated on it _not_ working for everyone. Voting with your wallet is simply not enough if it can still influence others.

This is a field that requires regulation to see any difference.

[harry8]

If pleading is the only way out of the mess, learn to tolerate the mess.

[louthy]

> cancelling Amazon Prime at first, but realized I didn't -really- need some JIXFOZ branded gadgets next day, after all.

The problem with cancelling Prime is the unrelenting haranguing to re-sign up and the clearly punitive delivery charges. You get adverts from cancelling due to adverts and end up paying more.

I’ve just started to focus my purchases at specialist UK stores, rather than defaulting to Amazon for everything.

[distances]

The delivery fees are a good thing. I end up with less impulse purchases when I have to bookmark my wants until I have a pooled enough for free delivery. Turns out I don't need that many things after all.