I tried watching some YouTube video on a discord embed today. It served me 8 short ads in 4 blocks for a sub-10 min video
Well, they don’t much any more. The normies moved to apps.
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’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.
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.
I know this isn’t someone asking for a solution, and maybe you don’t have rights on the computer to do so, but opening a command prompt and typing in
winget install Brave.Brave(orwinget install --id=Brave.Brave -e) gets you a browser with builtin adblocker real quick.deleted by creator
Winget was literally stolen from appget.
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I wasn’t aware Brave was transphobic. I just knew they were kinda crypto-sketchy.
I also tested Pulse Browser which unfortunately has been discontinued and won’t even open HTTPS sites. And I also tested Otter Browser which is loosely based on Opera Presto, but unfortunately it uses a pretty old webkit engine. But those browsers also come with builtin adblock.
I was aware of Librewolf, I just thought the default security might be a bit much if in a hurry.deleted by creator
Ill explain It to you: normies do something really weird called…going outside! Thunder strikes
Or, they just don’t browse the Internet on normal browsers like chrome as often. A lot of the Internet nowadays is walled off apps that are only accessible from phones.
