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[โ€“] lukecooperatus@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yep, like if you want to know about new phones coming out or whatever other topic of interest, subscribe to one of the myriad magazine websites that obsess over that kind of thing. Ads for that stuff showing up everywhere including our damn physical mailbox is a public nuisance, and a waste of resources.

[โ€“] Jimbo@yiffit.net 1 points 1 year ago

I think I've found maybe two things through ads that I probably wouldn't have found on my own and actually wanted

So not worth it lmao