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[–] 37 points 8 months ago (6 children)

Banzai Buddy!

My neighbor intentionally installed that shit on his family PC when we were like 15.

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  • [–] 33 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    A lot of people installed this shit. Because they’re visiting fuckmybeaniebabies.net and a popup is like “Install our spam bar for a chance to win herpes!” And they happily click ok.

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  • [–] 15 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    A lot of people still do that, but it's "Do you want your phone/computer to constantly nag you with browser notifications about our spam?" and they click "Yes!"

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago

    Ugh. Yeah, my mom intentionally allows push notifications from Amazon, Temu, tons of fast food chains, and a bunch of other sources on her phone. It goes off like every thirty seconds.

    I don't get push notifications unless it's a text or a 2FA email. And for that matter, I don't understand how people get so many emails or, if they start to, why they don't unsubscribe from or block all the spam. I get an average of maybe 3 emails a week on my personal accounts.

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