I have a friend who’s alcohol consumption has gotten out of control. Me and his other friends/family are planning an intervention and so I’ve been doing a lot of research/reading on the topic.

NEVER and I mean NEVER have I seen so many fucking ads for alcohol in my LIFE. Instagram? 15 ads in a half hour of scrolling reels. YouTube? Ads. Google results? Ads. Twitter? Ads.

It’s fucking everywhere and it’s SICK. I’m researching how to help someone stop drinking and I’m getting inundated with ads for anything from gin, beers, vodkas and more. I can’t even imagine having an alcohol issue and trying to find help for myself with the web being this way.

It’s fucking sick.

        • Anomalous_Llama@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
          2·
          10 months ago

          Most of my devices have all the relevant blocks and filters etc. my iPhone doesn’t and given I’m mostly in a few paid apps it hasn’t really been an issue in the past at all.

          I really just wanted to call attention to how sick of an issue this is for someone who might be trying to help themselves.

          • Blizzard@lemmy.zipEnglish
            3·
            10 months ago

            Yes, it is a dick move. Companies don’t care about consumers, they care about sales and their brand. You could document this with some screenshots or a short video and send out an e-mail to a bunch of popular newspapers. If any of them pick up the subject, it could hurt those assholes.

      • Blizzard@lemmy.zipEnglish
        4·
        10 months ago

        I wish they had an official account on Lemmy because I’d like to ask them some questions:

        • why do giant slugs and porcupines keep bound prisoners?
        • why do mobs suddenly come out from underground? Just becasue it made sens with zergs, doesn’t mean it will make sens with everything

        Don’t let me start talking about movement because it’ll turn into a rant.