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Re:Google Will Help Publishers Prepare for a Chrome Ad Block... by vorpalhex on Thursday June 01, 2017 @05:06PM (#14464743)
Pretty much. If Ads were without JS and videos (or, at least autoplaying videos) I really wouldn't care. Hell, if they were relevant ads to the website, I'd probably even click on them and buy things occasionally.

But when a modal pops up or I get redirected, or your ad floats over your content and tries to follow my scrolling not only are you not going to sell to me, but I'm going to leave your website.

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Re:Google Will Help Publishers Prepare for a Chrome Ad Block... by hobarrera on Thursday June 08, 2017 @08:36AM (#14513699)
> Hell, if they were relevant ads to the website

I had to watch youtube without an adblocker recently for the first time pretty much ever.

The ads were not only extremely irrelevant. They were extremely sexist, strongly offensive and discriminating. Without exception (note I'm not in the US, so these probably aren't the same you're seeing!). I was incredibly surprised that most of the population watching youtube was exposed to this daily but not completely outrage.

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Re:Google Will Help Publishers Prepare for a Chrome Ad Block... by gwbas1c on Friday June 02, 2017 @08:58AM (#14469493)
Or ads that significantly slow loading, make the page jump around...
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Re:Google Will Help Publishers Prepare for a Chrome Ad Block... by shakestheclown on Friday June 02, 2017 @01:12PM (#14471588)
90% of the reason I block ads on mobile is performance. Even on a newer phone, any news website takes forever to load all the junk and ads.
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