As much as these ads suck, they were not the problem. The problem was Reddit charging for using their API (which was a big problem for third party readers) in order to force you to view said ads.
Capitalism's most basic promise was that businesses will create value and have positive influence on society because that will be the only way to generate revenue. Reality proves that it's somehow more profitable to enshittify things.
Yes, both parties suck, and you are allowed to dislike both, but they don't suck equally and not (completely) in the same way and you are obliged to decide for yourself which party sucks harder, which you dislike more, and most importantly - which are you the most scared of getting into power.
Just because you don't want to be neither leftist nor rightist doesn't mean you need to aim for the dead center. That's as dogmatic as aiming for one of the extremes, and in fact dumber because it's not even motivated by any ideology.
If I'm out of office they can still type the message and I'll see it later. If they can't wait and would send it to someone else if I don't immediately respond to the "hi", then they could either copy-paste it, or - even better - send it to some relevant channel that contains multiple people capable of assisting them instead of PMing it to me.
As long as it's just an "hi" you don't know what it is and have to assume it's super urgent. Once you answer, they can disclose the actual matter in its full mundanity, resting assured they have already confirmed your attention.
This affirms my hypothesis that the problem with British food is that they still have their nobility. France is the textbook example of the process - after they guillotined their nobles the good chefs that once served the elite had to offer their services to the general populace. But Britain? Only the nobles (or otherwise wealthy people) can have their servants at home prepare "a roast dinner or a beef wellington or a proper steak and ale pie", while the comments have to settle for "some fish fingers and chips in the oven".
As much as these ads suck, they were not the problem. The problem was Reddit charging for using their API (which was a big problem for third party readers) in order to force you to view said ads.
Capitalism's most basic promise was that businesses will create value and have positive influence on society because that will be the only way to generate revenue. Reality proves that it's somehow more profitable to enshittify things.