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Call me ignorant but why exactly does a plain, honest ad need JavaScript? Why isn't a plain picture that links to the advertiser's site (maybe through a counter
by Kenji 10y ago
Call me ignorant but why exactly does a plain, honest ad need JavaScript? Why isn't a plain picture that links to the advertiser's site (maybe through a counter redirect so you can see how many people followed the link) enough?
- stevesearer 10y agoI self-host my advertising and do this so it is possible, and my advertisers seem to be happy enough to keep advertising year after year.
- TeMPOraL 10y agoIt doesn't. The problem is stated backwards though. Ads don't need JavaScript. But ad vendors will use whatever tools they can use, so if you let them use JavaScript, it will get used - and not just for malicious, track-the-shit-out-of-users purposes, but also as an enabler of general coding laziness (much like a lot of things are moved to JS today, because hey, free frameworks!).