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[–] doctortran@lemm.ee 22 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (14 children)

It's legitimately embarrassing how many people can't seem to grasp that this isn't the "fuck you" they think it is.

They aren't shocked or upset, they're not panicking because you left, because it's all the same to them either way. You either access the site while blocking the ads and they get no income from your views, or you go away and they don't get income from your views. Exactly nothing has changed for them except now they don't have you pulling bandwidth.

The point is not to get YOU to turn your ad blocker off, the point is it will get SOME people to turn it off who aren't you. If you're not willing to turn it off, then what you do matters very little because they appreciate there's no way they're getting income from you ever.

It's got the same energy as "You expect me to pay admission to enter this theme park? Well now I'm not going in, don't you feel stupid?"

[–] Yerbouti@sh.itjust.works 26 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Well first it's not "fuck you", its "goodbye". And second it's not about "you", it's about "me" not visiting your site if I need to turn off adblock. End of the story, our path will not cross again. Ciao, aurevoir, hasta not luego.

[–] ADTJ 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I think the comment is about the last panel being a shocked pikachu type face.

The companies are not shocked that you no longer visit their page, that's their intention. "Generate revenue for us or leave"

P.S. genuine lol at hasta not luego, shouldn't it also be "aurevoir pas" or "aurevoir never" since that also essentially means see you again.

[–] Yerbouti@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

Lol, I'm french canadian and you're actually not wrong. Aurevoir litteraly means "see you again" but we dont really use it that way. "Adieu" would have been a better choice. It kind of mean "to God", meaning you dont intent to see someone ever again, or until you die at least.

[–] Agrivar@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Why would they replace the Spanish portion with another flavor of French?

[–] ADTJ 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That's not what I was saying, I meant instead of the French they did say

[–] Agrivar@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago

You should have used a period then, or at least a semicolon, in between the unrelated phrases.

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