Different users would see unique ads. So your ad could be 12 seconds long while my ad is 30 seconds long. A timestamp based skip would no longer work universally.

Unfortunately we live in a timeline where both are true. Windows is bloated trash (that can be tweaked), Mac is a buggy mess with a lack of grid windows (which can also be tweaked).

I really don’t think anyone can generally say that one is better than the other anymore. It really comes down to the individual use case.

That may have been true in the past but these days Windows is bloated trash and has been for a while. I jumped ship when I started getting ads on my lock screen.

I laughed out loud at this suggestion. Love it. I can imagine this could lead to some confusion if a user blocks a common name, like John Smith… but let me give it some more thought!

This is a great suggestion and is pretty similar to what some of the other commenters also requested. I am thinking to support multiple modes:

• Blur The Rich (current prototype)
• Block The Rich (your request)
• Mock The Rich (replace the names of these billionaires with less flattering nicknames e.g. “Space Karen”, etc)