I diligently mute them, I’m a freak I cannot stand them. But from the nature of many people’s complaints about ads, it seems like they listen to them and want to retain the words they’ve said?

  • LANIK2000@lemmy.world
    11·
    12 days ago

    I don’t watch shit with adds lol. I just recently learned that in the US Netflix, Amazon Prime and the such offer paid subscriptions that still show adds. Like what the actual fuck? Just pirate at that point, the bad sites have an equal share of adds and the good ones have none, it’s a much better experience.

  • Usernameblankface@lemmy.world
    3·
    12 days ago

    You’re in good company here.

    I expect most people who decide to watch cable or a comparable streaming service would watch ads with the volume on. A lot of people grew up with cable and constant ads and don’t see a problem with it.

  • 2ugly2live@lemmy.world
    2·
    10 days ago

    I haven’t seen an add in years, but I would mute or do something else like a regular commercial break. You know, snack, maybe bathroom, check my phone, etc.

  • Nightsoul@lemmy.worldEnglish
    32·
    12 days ago

    I have a TV but don’t have cable, completely replaced normal TV with yt, Netflix, and anime. I use brave browser so I don’t get ads

  • Saltarello@lemmy.worldEnglish
    41·
    11 days ago

    Never directly watch any ads. We record everything on HTPC (NextPVR), ads are cut before the recordings get thrown into Jellyfin. Ads in general simply dont happen in our household

    • ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net
      3·
      11 days ago

      OP was asking about Normal people.

      Of course non-normals ad block.

      But I’ve seen my parents use their phone and ignore the 60% of ads take that over the screen.

      • whats_all_this_then@lemmy.world
        1·
        11 days ago

        I set my parents up with YouTube Revanced because they watch YouTube a ton. Now they complain and ask me to fix it whenever it gets out of date and some ads start to slip through…makes me so fuckin proud 😄

  • andrewta@lemmy.world
    2·
    12 days ago

    I record everything I watch. Record now and watch later. Then I fast forward through the commercials. If something seems interesting I’ll go back and actually watch it.

    • Dizzy Devil Ducky@lemm.eeEnglish
      1·
      12 days ago

      Don’t know what service you go through or where, buty parents have had the unfortunate pleasure of recording some things (don’t remember what because I don’t pay attention to the TV often anymore of I can help it) through Xfinity and have fast forwarding through the small commercial breaks feature disabled.

      • andrewta@lemmy.world
        2·
        11 days ago

        I bought a tivo have had a couple through the years. They (spectrum and the tv station) can’t control what I fast forward through.

  • corvuscache@lemmy.world
    4·
    11 days ago

    I always mute and go off to do something else (meaning, I’m not watching, either). One of my worst hells was when I had to take care of my MIL for 2 months last year and while she watches YouTube non-stop, she does it with all the ads. I hadn’t realized how bad the ads there actually are these days. I almost didn’t make it.

  • irotsoma@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    12 days ago

    I don’t watch many things that have commercials. Only if I really want to see something and nothing else is more convenient or it’s just for background noise while working on a project.

    But since so many streaming sites let the ads be super loud compared to the content, yes, I usually mute it a couple of seconds ahead of time to avoid the jump scare.

  • mrvictory1@lemmy.world
    0·
    10 days ago

    One of the following:

    • Ignore, do nothing.
    • Fast forward. An ad break is around 15 min so sometimes we start watching a program late so we can fast forward ads later.
    • Change channel. Sometimes half the ad breaks are at the end of the program so by changing channel you don’t lose anything lol.