Just trying to live with as little advertising as possible and curious what tips or tricks the community has aside from moving out to a cabin in the woods.
I can’t really get away from road side advertising for now. Public sporting events are completely infected, and for the ads I am forced to see I try to make a conscious effort not to buy their goods or services. I won’t subscribe to a streaming service if they have a sub+ad tier, if they’re separate free with ads or sub no ads I’ll support it.
Not really for any moral stance, but ad blockers are good at avoiding malware and some services are basically broken if you have to wait for an ad network, and I just feel mentally healthier in general without the extra propaganda.
Start collecting physical and/or local digital copies of media that you enjoy. Build a library before all the streaming platforms get completely enshitified and the sale of physical media ends.
That’s what I’ve started doing. Blu-ray and DVD are pretty cheap (for now) at the local thrift stores and eBay. Totally worth it for our favorite movies.
It would be technically illegal for me to burn those movies and put them up on a dedicated Jellyfin server running Linux on a 4th gen MicroFF PC where we could stream them from the local lan, kinda like rolling your own totally offline Netflix with slick UI and cross platform support (Mac, android, Linux, windows). It would be cool and I’m sure it would work brilliantly, not that I would know.
I’m not sure of the legality of putting all my CDs on there as well along with copies of e-reader compatible books.
I haven’t left the dock and hoisted the Jolly Roger but I totally understand why one would. Last time I sailed I was not an adult and couldn’t afford all those great C64 games. With the bullshit streaming companies are pulling they deserve what they get.