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> I don't care - there would be some other search engine that works without ads. Why don't you go there then? Go on duck duck go, go on any website that don't

by dwild 11y ago

> I don't care - there would be some other search engine that works without ads. Why don't you go there then? Go on duck duck go, go on any website that don't show ads. Most of the time, you won't find one because that's just impossible to achieve, there just so much cost associated with hosting a good quality website that it's even hard to achieve only on ads. Whatever will you answer is the reason why you should care. That exist because ads exist. I don't feel like giving 2-3$ to every website I visit, even if I actually have that money and way to pay it (which I literally couldn't do when I was younger, but you probably didn't lived that). Nothing is free on this planet, literally nothing. Don't expect the web to be either.

terryf 11y ago
Sure, it's hard, but again - I don't care. I can use an ad blocker, why should I not do it? (it is very interesting how almost everyone in this thread assumes I'm young - I wouldn't count almost 40 as very young :) )
- t176 11y ago
  You should use an ad blocker because it gives you control over your browsing experience. You need that control because advertisers have made the web an unpleasant place. The thing is, we all need adverts. Think of all the products you've bought, that you wouldn't have known about without advertising. The issue isn't 'To block or not to block'. Everyone should block ads until advertisers learn to behave. As advertisers are unlikely to learn to behave voluntarily, it's up to ad-blockers, bloggers and news sites to start pushing advertisers in the right direction. Annoying ads, slow downloads and tracking all need to go. Bloggers should avoid the main offenders and work with advertisers that offer true unobtrusive ads, minimum downloads and that don't track. We need adverts, but more importantly, we need advertisers to play nice.

by dwild 11y ago

terryf 11y ago

Sure, it's hard, but again - I don't care. I can use an ad blocker, why should I not do it? (it is very interesting how almost everyone in this thread assumes I'm young - I wouldn't count almost 40 as very young :) )

t176 11y ago
You should use an ad blocker because it gives you control over your browsing experience. You need that control because advertisers have made the web an unpleasant place. The thing is, we all need adverts. Think of all the products you've bought, that you wouldn't have known about without advertising. The issue isn't 'To block or not to block'. Everyone should block ads until advertisers learn to behave. As advertisers are unlikely to learn to behave voluntarily, it's up to ad-blockers, bloggers and news sites to start pushing advertisers in the right direction. Annoying ads, slow downloads and tracking all need to go. Bloggers should avoid the main offenders and work with advertisers that offer true unobtrusive ads, minimum downloads and that don't track. We need adverts, but more importantly, we need advertisers to play nice.