Yes, reddit is very quick to jump to malice, but I don't think it's a big jump to think that Google is out to show you ads by any means necessary. They are an ad company, that's their purpose.
We have a show that was a gift. It is unplugged 95% of the time exactly because of this reason. We only plug it in when we are using it and even then, I'll occasionally see an ad and immediately unplug it.
This device is really just an ad delivery mechanism. Hard anti-recommendation from me, and that's before getting into the frustration that is Alexa.
I definitely glossed over this line. This line of thinking makes me worried that someone in the upcoming government will get the "good" idea of trying to ban adblockers.
Simple response. Never have I experienced a "thing" (web site, app, entertainment media, etc..) that did not have ads and thought, "You know what, this would be better with ads". Additionally, never have I experienced a "thing" that has ads and thought, "These ads are really making the experience better."
Ads ruin everything they touch. They make every experience worse. Anything + ads is a worse experience for everyone than that thing without ads.
> I feel like there was some underlying sociological issue there where Thais thought of maps in terms only really of landmarks
This is such an interesting comment, I'm curious of your age. I grew up and learned to drive before smart phones existed and landmark based directions were extremely common. Directions like this were expected, moreso than street name based directions. "Take a left at the 3rd light after the freeway, then a right after 7-11, and it is the 5th house on the left with the blue door and red Truck in the driveway".
What is interesting is that these drivers are still using this older method.
It shouldn’t be. There is no monopoly. There are people that are mad you can’t get blue iMessages from an android and you can’t side load “easily”. That’s it.
