On that note, I have nothing against sponsored content. For example, a blog on programming that happens to have posts sponsored by a company that specializes in

On that note, I have nothing against sponsored content. For example, a blog on programming that happens to have posts sponsored by a company that specializes in dev tools or something. That makes perfect sense! Sure, some of it can be puff-pieces for the company and they are quite clearly just bullshit but it's easy to leave and go elsewhere if they take the piss. A banner at the top of a blog post saying "this content was kindly sponsored by <insert company relevant to the content>" is a great idea and more should do it. But they don't! They use ad networks that track the ever-living shit out of every move you make. That's the issue for me!