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Re:Show HN: I built a podcast app that skips over the ads by rahuldottech on Wednesday December 04, 2019 @04:02PM (#21706927)
> but keeping browser ad-blockers installed is ok.

That's because web ads track you, can inject malicious code, and are obtrusive.

As I said elsewhere in the thread, a lot fewer people would be using ad blockers in browsers if web ads were as simple as podcast ads (the equivalent would be unobtrusive static images with links).

Re:Show HN: I built a podcast app that skips over the ads by post_break on Wednesday December 04, 2019 @04:52PM (#21707554)
If you bought a DVR and recorded a TV show would you want the one with the commercial break skipper feature?
Re:Show HN: I built a podcast app that skips over the ads by adskipprod on Wednesday December 04, 2019 @09:21PM (#21709404)
I sure would :)