Why the fuck do they think that assaulting me with a cringe TikTok ad every goddamn time I look at a profile is gonna do anything other than piss me off?
Posted Jun 30, 2020, 1:05 AM UTC
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Wait. You get TikTok ads? I get the same mobile game ads every damn time.
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Seriously, r/fuckhomescapes
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I hate the trend of having ads that make games look like a fun and complex puzzle game and then it turns out it’s just another copy of FarmVille. I guess apple don’t ban ads for being very obviously misleading.
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Same. Or that fish ad where you have to save him.
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I was almost yelling at my screen today for how incredibly long the ad was. Soooooooo long.
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Geeze, you watch the ads? I clear to home screen, then clear all open screens, then no more ads when looking at profiles.
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What IS TikTok???
Like, what is it for? What’s the appeal meant to be? I know people post “funny” videos but is that it?
It’s like WhatsApp if you could ONLY send memes and emojis.
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It's an a data gathering app for a massive Chinese corporation (with ties to the CCP as all such companies do)
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Oh yes, that much is clear - I really meant from the user’s point of view!!
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Check out r/tiktokcringe some of them are quite funny and entertaining tbh, it's basically vine
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They intend to slowly break you down over time until they have you mindlessly repeating aloud: "ONE OF US! ONE OF US! ONE OF US!"
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I'm so stubborn, any time an ad plays I'll either close and reset the app (hell it's probably takes less time for the app to reset than the video ads) or say - ok self, that ad is a reminder that I should just close the app and do something more productive.
Though I haven't been on much since pandemic started, too much of a tease?
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They don't...that's the strategy...they're trying to piss you off into paying for a subscription. It's unfortunate, but that's how it works...
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That’s why I downloaded an ad-blocker. ;)
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They don't think it is going to do anything more, they don't need to, they get paid either way
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Grindr has gotten so much worse with all the f ing ads. Pisses me off also
Back in the day there were only ads when you looked for people in other cities, now it’s all the time.
This is why I don’t use Grindr any more. Well, there is the virus too. Ok, it’s mostly because of the virus.
Agree, a shitty app that has gotten shittier. I use Scruff also, not nearly as many ads, plus not as many bots and fake profiles.