Re:Ad Nauseam
by tracker1 on Sunday February 28, 2016 @10:45PM
(#11193486)
I admit it, I look at linkbait articles and sites... The problem is that it's crossed a line that there are so many intruisive ads, that the web doesn't work without blockers.
If I happen to click on an article from facebook on my phone, the resulting page shouldn't be something I can't even scroll/read because it's so riddled with ads.
Another part is an extension of what TFA says... they should be held responsible... current techniques are iframes, and when a timeout occurs or it bounces to another ad network, another layer of iframe and tracking scripts runs... if an average ad is 3 layers of iframes, and an average page has 5-8 ads, that'd 15-24 complete extra browser contexts just for ads...
If I happen to click on an article from facebook on my phone, the resulting page shouldn't be something I can't even scroll/read because it's so riddled with ads.
Another part is an extension of what TFA says... they should be held responsible... current techniques are iframes, and when a timeout occurs or it bounces to another ad network, another layer of iframe and tracking scripts runs... if an average ad is 3 layers of iframes, and an average page has 5-8 ads, that'd 15-24 complete extra browser contexts just for ads...