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Apparently I can't read this article due to using adblock. Neither visiting the article nor the "web" workaround work. http://i.imgur.com/8LN6ec0r.png http://i.

Apparently I can't read this article due to using adblock. Neither visiting the article nor the "web" workaround work. http://i.imgur.com/8LN6ec0r.png http://i.imgur.com/8LN6ec0r.png Fascinating. I wonder what the web will look like in a decade. On-topic: I was one of the original backers of Oculus, but missed the opportunity to get a free Rift. I guess it didn't matter much. It seems like what happened to the Oculus is what happened to many platforms throughout history: No killer app on launch day = no uptake.

taneq 10y ago
I almost didn't click the link because of this, then remembered I'm on my iPad and so don't have ad blocking. Holy crap there are a lot of ads on that story. I stopped reading after the third huge animated ad. How do people use the web generally without ad blocking? Back on topic, the Vive's room scale tracking really makes the difference IMO. The Rift seems more like just a fancy display device, whereas the Vive enables a whole new class of experiences.
saganus 10y ago
Yeah, me either. At first I kind of thought of disabling stuff so I Could read Forbes but I've found so much crap lately that I don't bother anymore.
shripadk 10y ago
You have to wait a good 1 minute or 2 for the article to load. I have found this issue with all of Forbes articles when I have adblock turned on.
pvg 10y ago
https://github.com/reek/anti-adblock-killer https://github.com/reek/anti-adblock-killer does a decent job when used with uBlock on Chrome (without the whatevermonkey script). It gets past the Forbes nonsense, at least.
ivan_ah 10y ago
Something that I've found to work on a lot of the paywalls is to half-load the page and then hit the escape button to stop some of the media and js from loading. The payall script hasn't had time to load yet so you can see the full article... Note this might be harded to pull off if you have really fast Internet...
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Yuioup 10y ago
I just tried to read this article on mobile and had to walk to my computer to type this. This. This is the _worst_ reading experience I've ever had since I first connected to the internet back in 1995. I had to stop reading the article because the ads we too intrusive. I closed the page in disgust.
teh_klev 10y ago
archive.is is your friend: http://archive.is/DhM0e http://archive.is/DhM0e
joelrunyon 10y ago
2 solutions: 1. Save to pocket and read it there. 2. Stop reading forbes. I've decidedly to click out of any forbes article here on out.
BigJono 10y ago
I disabled my ad-blocker, and they gave me an "ad-light" version of the site for 30 days. Their "ad-light" version (that people can actually choose to pay for) displays more ads than most sites, and the entire site lags when scrolling (on a beast of a computer no less). I'm never going to read a piece of Forbes content again. Let this be a lesson in how not to Internet.
- mikeweiss 10y ago
  And they could care less, since you do not view their ads, you provide them no value.
  - learningman 10y ago
    No direct value, but he may otherwise share their stories and "upvote" them.
argonaut 10y ago
I thought this Sam Altman tweet is relevant: "not enough of us are willing to pay for news, so we get the click-bait ad-driven news we deserve." (https://twitter.com/sama/status/736579483923156992 https://twitter.com/sama/status/736579483923156992). It comes off (in tone) as a bit entitled when I see people complaining about how they aren't able to view free (free!) ad-supported content for free because they are using an adblocker. I use ad block. I recognize that I am a freeloader. I don't pretend I'm not. I know the usual rebuttal is something like "I'd pay for it if they offered" - but this is a non sequitur because it doesn't really change the fact that publications have no obligation to cater to our every content-gorging whim.
- taneq 10y ago
  I have to agree with you here. I usually don't use an archive link or other shenanigans to circumvent anti-ad-blocking measures, if a site would rather lose a reader than allow ads to be blocked then I'll just not read the article. This one, with ads, was unreadable anyway so it's a moot point really.
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- EdHominem 10y ago
  Ad-filled and ad-funded, news isn't news. It's corporate pandering with some external content. As long as we're at this local maxima, with crap crowding out quality, news can never improve and will never be worth paying for.
kaonashi 10y ago
I hit reload and it loaded

taneq 10y ago

I almost didn't click the link because of this, then remembered I'm on my iPad and so don't have ad blocking. Holy crap there are a lot of ads on that story. I stopped reading after the third huge animated ad. How do people use the web generally without ad blocking? Back on topic, the Vive's room scale tracking really makes the difference IMO. The Rift seems more like just a fancy display device, whereas the Vive enables a whole new class of experiences.

saganus 10y ago

Yeah, me either. At first I kind of thought of disabling stuff so I Could read Forbes but I've found so much crap lately that I don't bother anymore.

shripadk 10y ago

You have to wait a good 1 minute or 2 for the article to load. I have found this issue with all of Forbes articles when I have adblock turned on.

pvg 10y ago

https://github.com/reek/anti-adblock-killer https://github.com/reek/anti-adblock-killer does a decent job when used with uBlock on Chrome (without the whatevermonkey script). It gets past the Forbes nonsense, at least.

ivan_ah 10y ago

Something that I've found to work on a lot of the paywalls is to half-load the page and then hit the escape button to stop some of the media and js from loading. The payall script hasn't had time to load yet so you can see the full article... Note this might be harded to pull off if you have really fast Internet...

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Yuioup 10y ago

I just tried to read this article on mobile and had to walk to my computer to type this. This. This is the _worst_ reading experience I've ever had since I first connected to the internet back in 1995. I had to stop reading the article because the ads we too intrusive. I closed the page in disgust.

teh_klev 10y ago

archive.is is your friend: http://archive.is/DhM0e http://archive.is/DhM0e

joelrunyon 10y ago

2 solutions: 1. Save to pocket and read it there. 2. Stop reading forbes. I've decidedly to click out of any forbes article here on out.

BigJono 10y ago

I disabled my ad-blocker, and they gave me an "ad-light" version of the site for 30 days. Their "ad-light" version (that people can actually choose to pay for) displays more ads than most sites, and the entire site lags when scrolling (on a beast of a computer no less). I'm never going to read a piece of Forbes content again. Let this be a lesson in how not to Internet.

mikeweiss 10y ago
And they could care less, since you do not view their ads, you provide them no value.
- learningman 10y ago
  No direct value, but he may otherwise share their stories and "upvote" them.

argonaut 10y ago

I thought this Sam Altman tweet is relevant: "not enough of us are willing to pay for news, so we get the click-bait ad-driven news we deserve." (https://twitter.com/sama/status/736579483923156992 https://twitter.com/sama/status/736579483923156992). It comes off (in tone) as a bit entitled when I see people complaining about how they aren't able to view free (free!) ad-supported content for free because they are using an adblocker. I use ad block. I recognize that I am a freeloader. I don't pretend I'm not. I know the usual rebuttal is something like "I'd pay for it if they offered" - but this is a non sequitur because it doesn't really change the fact that publications have no obligation to cater to our every content-gorging whim.

taneq 10y ago
I have to agree with you here. I usually don't use an archive link or other shenanigans to circumvent anti-ad-blocking measures, if a site would rather lose a reader than allow ads to be blocked then I'll just not read the article. This one, with ads, was unreadable anyway so it's a moot point really.
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EdHominem 10y ago
Ad-filled and ad-funded, news isn't news. It's corporate pandering with some external content. As long as we're at this local maxima, with crap crowding out quality, news can never improve and will never be worth paying for.

kaonashi 10y ago

I hit reload and it loaded