On Donnerstag, 20. Januar 2022 09:30:28 -03 o1bigtenor via Dng wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 20, 2022 at 4:49 AM Steve Litt <slitt@???>
wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Read this:
> >
> > https://www.neowin.net/news/ads-may-be-coming-to-kde-the-popular-lin
> > ux-desktop/
> >
> > LOL, I removed every bit of KDE, its executables and libraries, in
> > 2012. Mostly for the same reasons I refuse to host systemd. Now
> > comes
> > the possibility of ads on KDE applications.
> >
> > But it's even worse, because Qt is doing it, so non-KDE apps might
> > be
> > involved, including the LXQt I've recommended as an alternative to
> > the deprecated LXDE.
>
> Now if all that advertising was actually good for something except
> making rich people richer - - - -
That, although some truth in it, I think is an oversimplification.
In the case of my bank and my phone provider I think the statement is
true however.
>
> Is it time for me to start begging the high quality programmer types
> for tools to block advertising - - - period?
>
> Just was reading today about some kind of graphics coding that when
> one opened an email that notice was sent back to somewhere with info
> regarding me and my system.
>
> Please - - - this is one time where I think I would even pay for
> quality stuff.

Unfortunately I get also ads from services I pay for. My bank, gmx, the
guardian, ARRL in books, almost all magazines, and so on and so on.
They say (and they might be right) that they cannot survive without ads
even if their customers pay for subscriptions or for membership.
And in magazines I actualy get some valuable information out of ads
because they relate to my field of interest.
My bank and my phone provider is another story - they want to sell me
overpriced stuff that I definitely do not need nor want.

There is an upside in getting ads that do not relate whatsoever to my
person: it shows that the sender has not the slightest idea about my
person. Every day my phone provider sends me SMS about "the INFLUENCERS"
and "the best games for your kids". My 'kids' are 50-somethings and the
'INFLUENCERS' spend a lot of time every day to put on heavy makeup - I
guess - didn't look, of course. I know there are males who put on make-
up -- I: not commenting on this ...

Some remarkable exceptions: mega.nz and lo-and-behold google-drive.

> The advertising behemoth is so pernicious that I
> really want 'Jack the Giant killer' level applications!!!
>
> Regards

I am looking for a way to fake that I'm opening/reading the ads so the
magazine et all get paid but without having my screen actually littered
with ads and especially my ears not molested. That would be nifty.

Have a nice day
Eike ZP6CGE