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I hate ads. I despise them. And I work as a small-time consultant along with my studies. When I install/fix a machine, I always load Firefox with adblock plus
by TheAmazingIdiot 16y ago
I hate ads. I despise them. And I work as a small-time consultant along with my studies.
When I install/fix a machine, I always load Firefox with adblock plus due to the amount of harassing nasty ads. Being the location where I do the majority of my business, they are almost exclusively on dialup, so even a 100kb image add is literally 25 seconds extra load time.
Now, am I anti-capitalist? Not quite. I agree that someone doing work for money (be it a sole proprietor or company) has a right to 'hang their shingle'. I most certainly do. However, when I look at content, I do not want myself distracted from material that has no bearing on what I am looking at.
And yes, I full well understand that ad-click and purchase is what increases revenue for content based websites. I also know, from the many articles here, that google is THE player in this sphere, along with their multitude of complaints.
I also, control my network connection from my side. I also control my CPU, what resides in ram, what lands on my screen, and what I choose to not display. As I look at it, we have dealt with nearing 15 years of increasingly hostile ads. I'm only reacting in kind by being hostile to them. And I attribute banners and such like the 'last minute' sale grocery stores attempt by putting candy in the checkout lane.
Yes, I do know that my viewpoint is a minority. But I also recommend goods and services to others. So, yeah, don't abuse us and we'll pass on the sales.
- LordLandon 16y agoI do not want myself distracted from material that has no bearing on what I am looking at. Just to play devil's advocate, but wouldn't targetted ads be more preferable then, since they WOULD have a bearing on what you're looking at?
- sesqu 16y agoNo, they would have bearing onwho is looking at them.
- TheAmazingIdiot 16y agoI'm all for targeted ads, when I am looking for products and/or services to buy. 99% of the time im on the internet, I am NOT going to buy stuff. I'm going to forums that I attend, getting email, working to help that ubuntu works better (by bug reports and fixes), and researching on more stuff that I can do in IT
- axod 16y ago> and researching on more stuff that I can do in IT And as we all know, there are absolutely no adverts to do with that.