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> but they're going to loathe that they had no say. They had a say. They could have responded to the race to the bottom state of ad display tech. They could ha
by ncallaway 9y ago
> but they're going to loathe that they had no say.
They had a say. They could have responded to the race to the bottom state of ad display tech. They could have recognized that they were in a tragedy of the commons and formed a coalition for better ads.
They didn't. They continued the race to the bottom.
Each day they continued to push awful ads that harmed the user they were voicing their opinion.
I agree with the rest of your comments, though...
- zyxzkz 9y agoI guess we'll find out if Internet content disappears because of a lack of "Gotcha!" advertising. My guess is that the Internet will be just fine.
- duncan_bayne 9y agoEspecially the non Web bits.
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- aanm1988 9y agoAre the ads really that awful, or just in an area where google isn't winning already?
- groby_b 9y agoHave you ever surfed the web on mobile, without and ad blocker?
- majormajor 9y agoMobile really is far worse than desktop web without a blocker, especially on Chrome on Android compared to my previous iOS or Windows Phones. I'd never seen so many driveby attempts to install crappy software.
- ben-schaaf 9y agoThat was one of the driving factors that made me switch to firefox (from chrome): I can use uBlock on mobile now.
- jdietrich 9y agoThe desktop web is still a horrible experience, especially on slow connections or slow computers. Turn off adblock, open the inspector and you'll see ads consuming >90% of bandwidth, memory and CPU, even on mainstream sites. It really is an absurd situation.