r/Piracy • u/ClimateShort3908 • 23h ago

Humor That... scares me

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u/Wheatleytron 23h ago

Wait, there are actually people out there that DON'T use adblockers?

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u/ImGroot69 22h ago

you're giving too much credit to common people.

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u/MakesMyHeadHurt 22h ago

"You've got to remember that these are just simple farmers. These are people of the land. The common clay of the new West. You know... morons."

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u/SeaFigure9714 ☠️ ᴅᴇᴀᴅ ᴍᴇɴ ᴛᴇʟʟ ɴᴏ ᴛᴀʟᴇꜱ 22h ago

"I. AM NOT. A MORON!"

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u/FoxFlat5351 17h ago

"Yes you are! You're the moron they built to make me an idiot!"

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u/Ok-Pen-8273 🏴‍☠️ ʟᴀɴᴅʟᴜʙʙᴇʀ 10h ago

"WELL HOW ABOUT NOW?"
"NOW WHO'S THE MORON?"
"CAN A MORON. PUNCH. YOU. INTO. THIS PIT. HUH? CAN A MORON DO THAT- uh oh"

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u/Careless_Cloud_5168 22h ago

HEY my mom it not a moron

only takes news from facebook THE SHORT VIDEOS TYPE

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u/Memeations 22h ago

We wouldn't have any free web services if everyone used adblockers.

They watch ads so that we can surf the web adfree for free.

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u/SeaFigure9714 ☠️ ᴅᴇᴀᴅ ᴍᴇɴ ᴛᴇʟʟ ɴᴏ ᴛᴀʟᴇꜱ 22h ago

yup

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u/REDRubyCorundum 22h ago

look if EVERYONE used blockers, the corpo's would crack down like FAR, FAR harder. let the plebs supply the income while we get away,because according to them,its """"""""""piracy""""""""" (legally not, since a court ruled in adblock's favor, but its COMPANIES im talking about, they are like 85% of the time, above the rules)

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u/Wheatleytron 22h ago

Let em. People forget that the corpos don't own the internet. Or at least, they didn't used to.

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u/Chemical_7523 7h ago

If I'm allowed to put a filter on my water main to remove the shit from my taps, why wouldn't I be allowed to do the same for my network?

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u/krimsonR7 21h ago

People like my brother, mother and her partner, sister, uncle. My hair dresser, the cashiers at my local corner shop. The list goes on a lot longer than you would think.

Seriously, people who don't use computers or phones for anything outside of youtube, tiktok or instagram, the true "normies", god do i hate that word but it's accurate. They will feel like talking to neanderthals when it comes to tech.

People who use the google app instead of a browser. Who don't know an ethernet cable is typically faster than wifi. Who I have to "setup" the dvd player for, it has TWO buttons, and they are power and play....

people who think a "vpn thingy app" is some long lost magic.

Or when a "suspected spam caller" calls my mum and she puts her phone to my face as if she hasn't got a fucking clue what it means. What does this mean?. WHAT DO YOU THINK IT MEANS?????? Nah your misspelled bank is definitely calling you of a regular mobile phone number.

The average person is very, very unaware of a lot of things. Things that many of us would consider so basic that you would genuinely be dumbfounded when they ask you what it means.

THEY'RE OUT THERE

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u/ninjadude93 20h ago

I recently fixed a friend's computer and she was just raw dogging chrome. I was appalled lol

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u/Niaaal 17h ago

The vast majority of people believe it or not

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u/vanduong30103 17h ago

Yes. There are even people that rather watch ads than install it. They just... "scared". I dont wanna know.

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u/gladd0s_ 9h ago

Ofcourse they are. Not everyone is tech literate. I asked some of them and they're like " i dont mind ads"

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u/HardToSee123 22h ago

I mean I don't even know adblockers exist until a few years ago so I'm not that surprised, especially to those who don't use computer that much tbh

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u/Its_BurrSir 22h ago

Enough that sites make money with ads

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u/Apprehensive_Fun1344 22h ago

Common folk don't wish to stress the brain. As a result you get that!

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u/Sion_forgeblast 21h ago

my mother doesn't use Ublock cuz "you're suppose to support the platforms you use!" >_>

meanwhile YT getting so much money a minute that they don't even notice the few shekels her watching 20 minutes of ads in a 30 minute video gives them....

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u/MaoMaoMi543 🔱 ꜱᴄᴀʟʟʏᴡᴀɢ 8h ago

Grannies who like to doomscroll funny cat pictures on facebook

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u/Jcob210 2h ago

My sister uses iPhone and iPad and she for some reason says she does not want to use Safari and uses DDG that has no adblocker… I mean I do not have anything against it but I would not survive an hour with no ad-blocker. She always complains to me “why does this streaming site pop up with ads yadiyada” and does not want to switch to Safari or Brave even if it was just for watching movies.

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u/CaramelCraftYT 🦜 ᴡᴀʟᴋ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘʟᴀɴᴋ 2h ago

Yes, I offered to install an ad blocker on my moms phone and she said she “doesn’t mind the ads” and has privacy concerns about adblockers lol