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Ads have been fine for years until they started tracking you around, flashing annoying animations, auto playing sound or video or taking up the whole page. I'm
by HappyTypist 10y ago
Ads have been fine for years until they started tracking you around, flashing annoying animations, auto playing sound or video or taking up the whole page.
I'm perfectly content with banner and text ads, as long as they're not animated.
- mirimir 10y agoAds have never been safe. I got adware from an ad ~15 years ago.
- emp_zealoth 10y agoI believe it was said about web experience itself, not security side of things
- mirimir 10y agoThat was the focus, yes. But "ads have been fine" was a far broader claim, and just too wrong to ignore. One bloody ad cost me hours of unbillable time. I even invoiced the site ;)
- gedrap 10y agoI don't think that ads were fine for the past decade (I'd even say that they got better but that's just based on my memory). What has changed is that adblocking reached mainstream.
- LeoNatan25 10y agoGood for you being content. I am not. I do not want to see advertisement. I am willing to pay for high quality content. Now where are my options?