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Re:Ad blocking is under attack by digital_trench on Friday August 11, 2017 @11:47AM (#14990851)
But the ad will leave residue on your brain. So you are still being advertised to.
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Re:Ad blocking is under attack by ionised on Monday August 14, 2017 @10:47AM (#15008929)
Then perhaps like me, that ad will mean he actively avoids that product and brand out of ad-fatigue and simple spite rather than the intended effect, which is to attract people to them.
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Re:Ad blocking is under attack by zb3 on Friday August 11, 2017 @11:58AM (#14991029)
Well the point was that we should reward ads that aren't forced on us, or at least the ones that try to be as nice as possible. Intrusive advertising should not work...
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