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Perhaps the SaaS industry could use its cloudy-buzzword momentum to rage against the ad industry which necessitates the use of these plugins. I really have no p

Perhaps the SaaS industry could use its cloudy-buzzword momentum to rage against the ad industry which necessitates the use of these plugins. I really have no problem with most ads. It's the one too-invasive full-page flyover or auto-playing video which ruins it for everyone else. If the ad industry was sensible and moderated itself, there would be far less ad blockers out there.

vitd 11y ago
But it's not just ads. I don't want Google Analytics putting cookies on my machine and then tracking every other web site I go to. It's a privacy issue as much as an annoyance at ads.
- mirimir 11y ago
  It's instructive to play with NoScript, Lightbeam and Cookie Controller in a fresh VM, connecting through a fresh VPN exit.
collyw 11y ago
I think it was defenetly a factor in Googles early success that they were subtle and unobtrusive about the way they did ads.
- manigandham 11y ago
  Google ad servers also power a lot of the worst formats today, just not on Google properties.