We can, but, as OP noted, the change is only temporary, while political change is harder, but also tends to last longer. I still remember when pihole worked on most things. These days it is just a part of adblocking approach for me.
tldr: Some of us are tired of fiddling with things where were we shouldn't have to.
<< More laws and larger governments doesn't have to be the answer to all problems.
If market participants can't behave ( and they clearly can't help themselves ), it is the only real answer.
<< If consumers care enough they'll change their usage, if they don't change their usage they likely don't care enough.
Or.. options for consumers are limited, which affects what they do. In all seriousness, streaming execs seemed to admit the ads simply bring more money for them so they don't care if non-ad version is profitable. It is not enough.
My household dropped Netflix and Prime over their silliness. We currently still have Disney until they get too greedy. And that is just streaming. Regular net is soooo much worse without a way to scrub the ads away.
> My household dropped Netflix and Prime over their silliness. We currently still have Disney until they get too greedy. And that is just streaming. Regular net is soooo much worse without a way to scrub the ads away.
Isn't that a good example of consumers exercising their right to not patronize companies they don't agree with? You didn't need a law stopping you from using Prime, and you don't have a right to use it, you just decided you didn't like their product anymore.
The blindspot missing in a ban of advertising is what that does to the viability and price of a product. Prime and Netflix as it is today is built based partly on the advertising revenue. Presumably if that money disappears the product would get worse, disappear, or become more expensive.
>Regular net is soooo much worse without a way to scrub the ads away.
Hmm, there are ways: I browse with NoScript and unlock Origin installed and see almost no ads. If a website doesn't work and I really need to visit it for some reason, I selectively enable part of the JS they want me to load. Other sites simply don't get my attention.
It works for now and note that there already were some attempts to have solutions like origin stop working[1]. Unsuccessful, for now, but the intent is there and I am starting to get tired of the whack a mole.
tldr: Some of us are tired of fiddling with things where were we shouldn't have to.
<< More laws and larger governments doesn't have to be the answer to all problems.
If market participants can't behave ( and they clearly can't help themselves ), it is the only real answer.
<< If consumers care enough they'll change their usage, if they don't change their usage they likely don't care enough.
Or.. options for consumers are limited, which affects what they do. In all seriousness, streaming execs seemed to admit the ads simply bring more money for them so they don't care if non-ad version is profitable. It is not enough.
My household dropped Netflix and Prime over their silliness. We currently still have Disney until they get too greedy. And that is just streaming. Regular net is soooo much worse without a way to scrub the ads away.