The ad in the article is pretty obviously an ad to anyone that can read the words, "New Series. Start Watching".
Ads like these that randomly display during idle is hardly what I consider invasive.
Hopefully OP's sister gets her mental health under control, but I wouldn't immediately raise pitch forks to ban an entire industry vital to the economy and business-consumer communication.
This is an ad in someone's kitchen in their home. How can it get more invasive?
An ad sitting on a screen in my personal space sounds like a dystopian novel.
I call this invasive too. That is why I use uBlock.
> This ad doesn't interrupt the user or demand any attention.
Tell that to anyone with ADHD.
Ads absolutely are that bad
When every product has adverts, is it a choice any longer? Even finding devices, like TV's without ads is more difficult( no on is advertising them :) ) and paying more is often not an option.
Hopefully OP's sister gets her mental health under control...
Not: Hopefully we get control over risking OP's sister's mental health
No wonder people could think it's trying to do that, because it's true.
>mistakes smart fridge ad for psychotic episode (reddit.com)
OTOH, when you put it like that it would also be easy to get the idea that your fridge was the one having the psychotic episode ;)
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