Re:Use of Ad-Blocking Software Rises by 30% Worldwide
by dwaltrip on Saturday February 04, 2017 @03:06AM
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My sister is similar, she doesn't seem to mind the ads. My Dad knows this guy at work who likes the ads and wants Google to know more about him so they will give him better ads... There must be a decent proportion who don't mind for whatever reason.
I'm much more like you in my desire for no distractions so I can focus. But I would go a little further and say that I consider ads somewhat of an affront to my personal autonomy, and avoid them whenever it isn't too difficult.
I much prefer researching all the options myself, after I've decided to buy something, instead of continually being influenced to believe x, y, or z by profit hungry companies whose incentives are often not aligned with mine.
Re:Use of Ad-Blocking Software Rises by 30% Worldwide
by dogweather on Saturday February 04, 2017 @06:32AM
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I like the very highly specialized ads, like from the Carbon network.
Re:Use of Ad-Blocking Software Rises by 30% Worldwide
by watmough on Saturday February 04, 2017 @06:01AM
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Yahoo mail. Good grief, I was supporting a customer over a webex yesterday, and the ad-area was ridiculous.
I suggested he download uBlock to Chrome, just so the flashing would go away. I don't know how people put up with it.
As humanity progressed, this included various ad networks and other human beneficiary systems. Today, it's all about blocking the anti-ad blockers. :-\
I've been amazed over the years tho how some friends and colleagues let this crap through. My wife, for instance, using Yahoo mail would stupefy me on how she could concentrate on writing emails when there are banner and tower ads animating and annoyingly blinking on the periphery of their ui.
As a software developer/creator, having shit all over the screen going apeshit with animations and visually assaulting assets, was just to much for me from the beginning.