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To evoke maximum outrage, you should show AdMob mobile banner ads on the Touch Bar. First app to do it wins a free press cycle.

by m0dest 10y ago

Mayzie 10y ago
Don't give anyone ideas.
- BinaryIdiot 10y ago
  If I could afford one of the new Macs I would have already started working on this...surely someone else will.
  - bla2 10y ago
    You don't need a new Mac to work on this, Xcode can show a software touch bar for development.
    - BinaryIdiot 10y ago
      I did not know this. Thanks!
      - MaysonL 10y ago
        See also: https://github.com/bikkelbroeders/TouchBarDemoApp https://github.com/bikkelbroeders/TouchBarDemoApp which has a facility to run a Touch Bar demo on an iPad connected to a Mac (or a Mac).
  - deleted 10y ago
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- madaxe_again 10y ago
  Of course it'll be done. Here I am with an iPhone 6s, and on the average site I see less content than I did on WAP - many sites are 80/20 or worse on mobile. How long until hardware manufacturers include dedicated advertising displays in exchange for cheaper up-front hardware?
  - nothrabannosir 10y ago
    Tip: if you have another browser, turn off JS in Safari. Use Safari until you really need JS, copy paste URL, Chrome, go to clipboard link, retry. It's laborious, but it beats getting bent over the knee by mobile ads.
    - qb45 10y ago
      Sounds like state-of-the-art pre-adblock technology. Browsing with no-JS/JS browsers indeed is laborious nowadays. I use this approach out of habit on my desktop machine, but on my new laptop I just couldn't bring myself to copy this solution and installed an adblocker instead.
    - xenobioticants 10y ago
      Or just keep Javascript on but install JS Blocker 5 and choose what scripts run. It quite amazed me how much sites try to fingerprint your browser, especially with canvas fingerprinting.
  - Retr0spectrum 10y ago
    Then people could just physically cover up the extra screens.
    - saghm 10y ago
      Or unplug them
  - stephenc_c_ 10y ago
    Amazon Kindle with ads on the lock screen is already offered as cheaper hardware than without ads.
    - S4M 10y ago
      Why would you need the wifi turned on on a Kindle? One should just buy that version and turn off the wifi, thus getting rid of the ads.
markatkinson 10y ago
Please some one.
tdkl 10y ago
I can think of something worse https://twitter.com/AdamWhitcroft/status/791718192506953728 https://twitter.com/AdamWhitcroft/status/791718192506953728
- Aldo_MX 10y ago
  We can bring memories back, who needs Internet Explorer when your keyboard has an integrated toolbar? https://twitter.com/cfieber/status/792030673963851776 https://twitter.com/cfieber/status/792030673963851776
qb45 10y ago
Enlargement ads would fit rather well ;)
- Razengan 10y ago
  Or not, if they work.
andreit 10y ago
I'm already working on it :))
jlebrech 10y ago
smart idea, so instead of annoying popups on website or free apps you get something in the dashbar

To evoke maximum outrage, you should show AdMob mobile banner ads on the Touch Bar. First app to do it wins a free press cycle.

by m0dest 10y ago

To evoke maximum outrage, you should show AdMob mobile banner ads on the Touch Bar. First app to do it wins a free press cycle.

Mayzie 10y ago

Don't give anyone ideas.

BinaryIdiot 10y ago
If I could afford one of the new Macs I would have already started working on this...surely someone else will.
- bla2 10y ago
  You don't need a new Mac to work on this, Xcode can show a software touch bar for development.
  - BinaryIdiot 10y ago
    I did not know this. Thanks!
    - MaysonL 10y ago
      See also: https://github.com/bikkelbroeders/TouchBarDemoApp https://github.com/bikkelbroeders/TouchBarDemoApp which has a facility to run a Touch Bar demo on an iPad connected to a Mac (or a Mac).
- deleted 10y ago
  [deleted]
madaxe_again 10y ago
Of course it'll be done. Here I am with an iPhone 6s, and on the average site I see less content than I did on WAP - many sites are 80/20 or worse on mobile. How long until hardware manufacturers include dedicated advertising displays in exchange for cheaper up-front hardware?
- nothrabannosir 10y ago
  Tip: if you have another browser, turn off JS in Safari. Use Safari until you really need JS, copy paste URL, Chrome, go to clipboard link, retry. It's laborious, but it beats getting bent over the knee by mobile ads.
  - qb45 10y ago
    Sounds like state-of-the-art pre-adblock technology. Browsing with no-JS/JS browsers indeed is laborious nowadays. I use this approach out of habit on my desktop machine, but on my new laptop I just couldn't bring myself to copy this solution and installed an adblocker instead.
  - xenobioticants 10y ago
    Or just keep Javascript on but install JS Blocker 5 and choose what scripts run. It quite amazed me how much sites try to fingerprint your browser, especially with canvas fingerprinting.
- Retr0spectrum 10y ago
  Then people could just physically cover up the extra screens.
  - saghm 10y ago
    Or unplug them
- stephenc_c_ 10y ago
  Amazon Kindle with ads on the lock screen is already offered as cheaper hardware than without ads.
  - S4M 10y ago
    Why would you need the wifi turned on on a Kindle? One should just buy that version and turn off the wifi, thus getting rid of the ads.

markatkinson 10y ago

Please some one.

tdkl 10y ago

I can think of something worse https://twitter.com/AdamWhitcroft/status/791718192506953728 https://twitter.com/AdamWhitcroft/status/791718192506953728

Aldo_MX 10y ago
We can bring memories back, who needs Internet Explorer when your keyboard has an integrated toolbar? https://twitter.com/cfieber/status/792030673963851776 https://twitter.com/cfieber/status/792030673963851776

qb45 10y ago

Enlargement ads would fit rather well ;)

Razengan 10y ago
Or not, if they work.

andreit 10y ago

I'm already working on it :))

jlebrech 10y ago

smart idea, so instead of annoying popups on website or free apps you get something in the dashbar