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Was it just me, or was the uBar advert at the bottom of the title really oddly placed. It was almost as if it were going to be part of the article. How the bran

Was it just me, or was the uBar advert at the bottom of the title really oddly placed. It was almost as if it were going to be part of the article. How the brand was becoming associated with crap software too. Meanwhile that was totally just a horribly placed ad for the site ...

ddorian43 11y ago
Damn, the ads have devolved and are harder to block. At least don't show the ad to non-macs.
- coldpie 11y ago
  It's just a straight-up image and a link. While I hate advertising, this is a compromise I'm willing to accept.
  - davb 11y ago
    Absolutely. I'd trade what we're stuck with today for simple, self-hosted images and links (no trackers, third party scripts, creepiness) in a heartbeat. This is advertising done right.
    - mirimir 11y ago
      I guess. But damn, I'm so used to not seeing ads that I spent maybe 10 seconds wondering how the image was relevant to the article. "Maybe UBAR is an Uber side project?", I was thinking. Then I saw "SPONSOR" ;)
- eli 11y ago
  As more people block ads, ads will get harder to block
- alwaysAttending 11y ago
  Disable your JavaScript for maximum benefit
  - recursive 11y ago
    Maximum benefit? You'd still be seeing this ad, and most websites would stop working. What's the benefit?
    - Majestic121 11y ago
      Most website actually work okay with js disabled. Obviously, in this case, it would not change anything since it is just an image and a link. But on the regular web, disabling js does have a lot of benefits (no tracking, faster browsing, etc...).
- yk 11y ago
  Except if you have NoScript (at least on Linux).
  - coldpie 11y ago
    Huh? It's literally just an image and a link. NoScript isn't doing anything for you with regards to this ad.
s_kilk 11y ago
I've got this weird feeling that ad was placed by a bad fuzzy-match algo. "Uber", "uBar", yeah sure, why not? run the ad.
- chejazi 11y ago
  Haha I thought the same thing. The author probably chose to include it, since it has a promo-code specific to the site.
- uremog 11y ago
  Close enough!
justhw 11y ago
Tangential question. Anybody here tried uBar? How is it?
erikb 11y ago
It's horrible for the reader and for exactly that reason it's probably making more money.

ddorian43 11y ago

Damn, the ads have devolved and are harder to block. At least don't show the ad to non-macs.

coldpie 11y ago
It's just a straight-up image and a link. While I hate advertising, this is a compromise I'm willing to accept.
- davb 11y ago
  Absolutely. I'd trade what we're stuck with today for simple, self-hosted images and links (no trackers, third party scripts, creepiness) in a heartbeat. This is advertising done right.
  - mirimir 11y ago
    I guess. But damn, I'm so used to not seeing ads that I spent maybe 10 seconds wondering how the image was relevant to the article. "Maybe UBAR is an Uber side project?", I was thinking. Then I saw "SPONSOR" ;)
eli 11y ago
As more people block ads, ads will get harder to block
alwaysAttending 11y ago
Disable your JavaScript for maximum benefit
- recursive 11y ago
  Maximum benefit? You'd still be seeing this ad, and most websites would stop working. What's the benefit?
  - Majestic121 11y ago
    Most website actually work okay with js disabled. Obviously, in this case, it would not change anything since it is just an image and a link. But on the regular web, disabling js does have a lot of benefits (no tracking, faster browsing, etc...).
yk 11y ago
Except if you have NoScript (at least on Linux).
- coldpie 11y ago
  Huh? It's literally just an image and a link. NoScript isn't doing anything for you with regards to this ad.

s_kilk 11y ago

I've got this weird feeling that ad was placed by a bad fuzzy-match algo. "Uber", "uBar", yeah sure, why not? run the ad.

chejazi 11y ago
Haha I thought the same thing. The author probably chose to include it, since it has a promo-code specific to the site.
uremog 11y ago
Close enough!

justhw 11y ago

Tangential question. Anybody here tried uBar? How is it?

erikb 11y ago

It's horrible for the reader and for exactly that reason it's probably making more money.