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?
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.
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.
Also this. It’s certainly easy to sell almost anything to someone who has just used LLM as a therapist or girlfriend
Interesting idea, that would be more subtle. The “product placement” approach.
At least it would be easier for teacher to see that an essay was written by a LLM if there is advertising text in the middle of it.
but in a somewhat less aggravating way.
This is a quite interesting point to take in. The ads are there but not a straight to the face like website ads are.
TikTok and TikTok alternatives as mentioned, use ads that pop up periodically, but naturally - as in it can be indistinguishable to other content that is presented. As said, the ads are less intrusive and more so designed to occupy the user for a couple of seconds to not effectively brake their inertia of scrolling.
The status quo in the ad sector looks mismatched - but possibly for a purpose. It is known that ads are not only used for advertising on its own, but as a method of manipulation (e.g: YouTube premium). The friendly nature of TikTok ads in contrast to intrusive website ads poses an important question if the design is intentional and in result manipulative. In result, individuals of all ages are drawn to short form content and drawn from effective long form content. Additionally, since most individuals irrespective of age are essentially living off of short form content, it means they don’t have effective strategies developed to navigate or use the power of the wider internet. This situation is attributed to discouragement; in effect all age groups are seen to be affected - even considering many individuals which have skills for browsing the wider internet.
If this is intentional, I doubt most website owners are in on this scheme …
I doubt most website owners are in on this scheme …
A scheme not totally up to their control - as most website owners are not fully in control of their website.
It is known the present internet is now majorly influenced by centralized corporate structures. As such market share of Wordpress (mobiloud.com) represents around 45%, used provide a platform for website hosting used for CAM and non-CAM applications; Other percentages are corresponding to shopify, wix, etc.
It is incorrect to assume the majority of website owners are fully independent of corporate management. Other point to consider is google dependence, which is something that occurs more deeply than website deployment and is a major influence on ads within websites.
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.
I’m so tired of seeing the word “slop” used for everything AI. It’s fucking annoying and as tiring as an American right-winger calling everything libtard.
Open a thesaurus. You can say “trash”, “shit”, “garbage”, “waste”, “viral fecundity”, “sludge”, “goop”, or “muck” for example. Keep it new instead of just parroting the same old tired phrase.
It’s like complaining that people always use the word “address” to describe IP endpoints. THAT’S THE WORD FOR IT. When you say “slop” people know you mean AI generated content; when you say “garbage”, they don’t.
People always precede “slop” with “AI”, even in the comment I responded to.
And the reason I got annoyed is because they used it for an algorithm rather than AI as well.
The general public found a well-fitting word that they’re now using for it.
AI slop: GenAI content, characterized by its one-size-fits-all, corporate language and bullshit nature that stochastically approximates something that looks/sounds like what you want but doesn’t come with any guarantees
I do forget the general American public has the reading skills of a middle schooler. Touché.
All of that is far, far more work than AI deserves. Slop is about the most appropriate word for it and personally I’m putting zero effort beyond that into describing AI and AI-related topics
you mean goop? lol
none of those words carry the implication of slop being what pigs eat
He probably meant the word that rhymes with “buck” or “look” and not the racial slur that rhymes with “toque”.
Whoops fixed.
And I think goop fits too.
Hardly use my phone for internet, but when I’m away from my PiHole, “WTF is this bullshit?!”
No one talks about it, but internet advertising is a bubble ready to pop. How is a consumer to chose your product, or even begin looking into it, when the they’re overwhelmed by an avalanche of ads? The numbers are in and 73% of ad views are fucking bots.
Don’t know the available alternatives, but soon companies are going to figure their online marketing budget is a total waste.
Reminds me of pinning my buddy down, “How much money is this satellite install business actually making after costs?”
<after some back of the napkin math>
“Fuck this shit. Let’s move to Florida.”
Firefox mobile supports extensions, including uBlock Origin
This way you also don’t see ads on youtube.
Revanced still works on android
As does Newpipe.
As does Tubular
Doesn’t matter, line must go up 📈
That was rather my point. Soon enough they’ll realize their online marketing budget isn’t even paying for itself. Line go down.
I used to have my own dns server running at home so I could direct all my mobile and laptop dns requests though it, from anywhere over vpn. It meant I got dns level ad blocking anywhere.
Ex-wife: “Why can’t I get to these FaceBook links?”
“Show me and I’ll add them to the whitelist.”
“Would you just turn the blueberry pie or whatever off.”
“OK. Done.”
<15 minutes later>
“Why is the internet so slow.”
Looked over her shoulder, pointed at the loading bits, “Ad, ad, ad, ad, ad, ad…”
“FINE! Turn it back on!”
Is that why she’s the ex wife? /s
This is easy to do these days with Pi-hole.
I prefer technitium but I understand that people like pi hole
The advertising industry as a whole is the biggest scam ever created
Web3 is just a dross. Shitewhole
Edit: i meant 2 but the point against cellphone internet usage can be aggravated by THIS pathetic excuse for keyboard
Fediverse should’ve been what got called “Web 3.0.” It seeks to correct problems with Web 2.0 (many of the same ones that the blockchain Web3 purpoted to solve even) through new technology. Just as Web 2.0 tried to democratize the internet by emphasizing user generated content, Fediverse seeks to democratize the internet by distributing ownership of the servers.
“WTF is this bullshit?!”
I think this is literally what I said the other day.
Someone sent me a link for something to buy at a local branch of a national store. The advantage of the link was that it said what aisle of the store the product was in, so I didn’t have to search everywhere once I got there. I opened the link and I literally couldn’t see the page. First of all there was a pop-over ad of some kind obscuring the entire page. Once I closed that, I was confronted with the cookie banner. Once I dealt with that, there was the regular store page filled with its own ads / “promotions”. I had to hunt everywhere to find the one useful bit of data, which was the aisle number. It took me at least 20 seconds from opening the link to being able to find this aisle number and it left me incredibly frustrated.
Raw doggin the net
People use chrome?
Without an adblock solution either
Me setting up my moms browser with Adblock only to find out she disabled it for a coupon website…
may the godhead have mercy on their souls
I have to use chrome at work for some things. After they disabled ublock origin I switched to ublock light without looking into it much–do you know if there are any problems with that one?
No, unlock lite is the new version of unlock that plays nice with Google’s fuckery.
I couldn’t say really, the only time I use a chrome variant is on my laptop that’s piped through PiHole and I also have hosts.txt blocklist as well. Seems to work fine enough on the rare occasion I have to use chrome.
Well, they don’t much any more. The normies moved to apps.
> 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?
I agree with Anon…using a computer with no blockers etc…it is just shit.
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.
Not on apple.
Homebrew is an absolute must on macOS
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.
I’m still in awe at how much of this bs I managed to tolerate since I installed U-block over a year ago.
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.
I have a Firefox extension called Tranquility Reader that does that, it’s like my favourite bit of software. Just the article on a white background, with a button to save it as a PDF. Perfect!
Pretty sure firefox has a built-in reader mode, I don’t think I installed anything extra to use that and I use it for reading my textbooks every day.
Is there a version with a dark mode? I like the reader mode on my phone, because it makes the background darker. Gray background, white letters, simple and easy on the eyes.
Yup, it has a dark mode! And in the settings it lets you set the background and text colour to whatever you like, they’re just hex codes.
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.
Probably a reason why people brains have turned to mush. We’re in ad tech hell.
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.
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.
Oh! Decentraleyes isn’t maintained regularly, the last Github commit was almost a year ago. Give LocalCDN a try.
Thank you friend 🙏🙏
Huh. Strange how I can now date memes to pre and post ai mass market adoption
Wait nevermind saw the date lol
That image is at least a decade old, note that it says “wi-fi” and not “5G”.
were just back to the quality of black and white ad space internet service dial up.
