I’ve definitely turned into the paranoid nutcase within my friend group in recent years, I hate that everything is “smart” nowadays requiring an app/internet connection & account, just to do basic things that didn’t require any of that before.
What’s some things currently making you ramble like an old man?
It may be impossible to completely remove ads from your life (without going all Ted Kaczynski on every billboard you drive past), but an ad blocking DNS, uBlock Origin, youtube premium, and sketchy websites to watch your shows and movies on go a looong way
That being said, I was forced to watch an ad while getting gas the other day, and I may actually do some praxis if that hits my preferred gas station. Hello FBI algorithm
Start hitting random buttons along the side of the screen. Most of the time one of them will at least mute the ad.