Ad blocking

[tobyaw]

Years ago, when I actually bought physical paper magazines, I remember the routine of shaking a magazine in the newsagent, before buying it, to get rid of all of the advertising inserts. Pretty sure some newsagents provided a bin for that purpose. I suppose that was primitive, physical, ad blocking.

Now I can’t come to terms with buying something that will be disposed of when I’ve finished reading it. It is mad that we create so much printed material that will meet the recycling bin.

Comments

[clothsprogs.livejournal.com]

Our recycling bins often have more in them than the actual rubbish bins - which I choose to view as a good thing as they're destined to be recycled rather than dumped in landfill or whatever. Some of it is inevitably all the unsolicited crap that goes straight form coming through the door into the recycle bin that sits beside the door we don't buy it, or ask for it but it comes through the door anyway.

Since I haven't read a newspaper in well over 35 years, I don't really have the problem of buying something that will be disposed of when I've read it.

Teddy