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hunter

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13. That's nonsense. I don't see ads on television or the internet.

Reply to customerserviceguy (Reply #5)

Thu Oct 2, 2025, 04:56 PM

19 hrs ago

I resist them by shutting them out of my personal universe entirely.

My wife and I don't have cable, satellite or broadcast television. We only subscribe to two or three no-advertising streaming services at a time.

I have a flip phone. I use it mostly as a phone. Sometimes I use it for texts or as a basic camera.

DU is my only social media and I pay to make the advertising go away.

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