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  • devilsedvocate@lemmy.zip
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    8 hours ago

    Don’t forget; sports events. Even the Olympics don’t exist without ads. Adds rule the world (unfortunately). It gets problematic when your privacy gets compromised.

    • AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world
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      Sporting events existed for thousands of years before advertising—don’t mistake current conditions for necessary ones.

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        Yeah… The classical “it has always been like that” when “always” means “in the past 10y”. What is 10y compared to the thousands of years we existed as a society?

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      Sports would be better without ads. Less money in the industry, less corruption, less over paid players, less private jets. More passion.

      • Madzielle@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        My husband was watching old basketball games a few weeks back, even as late as 2004, and the differences in advertising is wild, as in, its not present in the older games we grew up with.

        Hell, I tuned into the Rocket Leauge tournament recently, and shut if off as soon as I saw progressive insurance on the ball. You can’t escape it.

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      And yet the (modern) Olympics existed for decades without ads. You’ve been tricked into thinking they’re necessary. They are not. Life would exist just fine without them.

    • anon6789@lemmy.world
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      I watched the Superbowl on a Sky Sports stream from the UK. No ads, they just cut to talking to people on the field.