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Re:Rise of Ad Blocking Is the Ad Industry's Fault, Says Outg... by arjie on Monday April 04, 2016 @08:26AM (#11421303)
And which are these websites that are using these dirty tricks?
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Re:Rise of Ad Blocking Is the Ad Industry's Fault, Says Outg... by echelon on Monday April 04, 2016 @08:32AM (#11421336)
Almost 70% of the websites linked from Reddit that I click through. Many links from HN are also guilty of this.

When I'm on mobile, I frequently click on ads by mistake when I'm trying to scroll. It's unintentional on my part, but I feel the web developers and ad networks are colluding to make this happen.

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Re:Rise of Ad Blocking Is the Ad Industry's Fault, Says Outg... by thecatspaw on Monday April 04, 2016 @09:18AM (#11421615)
sounds like the dark-pattern bait & switch
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Re:Rise of Ad Blocking Is the Ad Industry's Fault, Says Outg... by fucking_tragedy on Monday April 04, 2016 @09:20AM (#11421628)
How many people have a venereal disease? 20%?

Doesn't mean I'm going to get fucked by ad networks without protection.

It's not worth the risk.

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