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> I personally love it when my search results just give me the answer I'm looking for This is one of the things I love about google as a user. Googling "what i

> I personally love it when my search results just give me the answer I'm looking for This is one of the things I love about google as a user. Googling "what is my ip" or "how many inches in a meter" used to require you to visit some random website filled to the brim with ads.

ebg13 6y ago
> filled to the brim with ads You let yourself see ads on the web?
- dontblink 6y ago
  Its funny to note that many people here complain about Google preventing page views, but have no restraint in doing the same by blocking ads. Pot meet kettle...
  - smt88 6y ago
    These are not comparable practices. Google is a search monopoly. Republishing search results to keep users on Google (rather than the publisher) is literally stealing content and the pageviews the content generated. As a user, blocking programmatic ads (such as those served by ad marketplaces) is the only way to browse the web safely. Websites are free to use affiliate links, subscriptions, donations, non-marketplace ads, or any other safe monetization strategy. I will not apologize for blocking the unsafe monetization strategies.
    - a1369209993 6y ago
      Specifically, we already know how to display ads: <a href="..."><img src="..."/></a> Anything which uses javascript to display ads is by definition malware, and should be treated accordingly.
  - TeMPOraL 6y ago
    Blocking ads doesn't prevent page views, it prevents viewing garbage along with the pages.
- kodablah 6y ago
  You don't have to see ads to not want to visit places that inundate others with them. Also, having an ad blocker should not give you the false impression that you aren't seeing ads on the web.
- RestlessMind 6y ago
  Yes, I do because I prefer compensating content creators, because otherwise we will not have many of those. If some website has shitty ads (blinking banners, auto-playing videos, malware etc), I just avoid those sites altogether. Since you seem to be someone who doesn't see ads on the web, I am curious to know how you pay for the content you consume? I have come across very few non-ads options which work well. For me, subscription fatigue sets in across various video-on-demand sites and various high-quality newspapers. But for a lot of my family / friends across the globe, subscription charges are high enough that they would rather see ads.
  - loufe 6y ago
    I try my best to contribute for things I care about. I'll send the occaisionally donation into the guardian, ETF, Patron for a youtuber, wikipedia, or whatever. I do have a couple subscriptions like for Spotify or the economist, but otherwise I try to give to stick to donations whenever I feel like I have money to burn. That being said, I live with the fact that certain content creators get nothing from me, I don't feel great about it but I would never consume their content if I had to go through ads, either.
psexec 6y ago
> what is my ip alias my-ip='dig +short myip.opendns.com @resolver1.opendns.com'
- reaperducer 6y ago
  Awesome. Now try it at a client's off-site location with hardware and terminal locked down by someone else's IT department while you're trying to troubleshoot their connection.
  - saagarjha 6y ago
    Or your mobile device…
- machello13 6y ago
  is this a serious comment? it reads like satire of an HN comment
  - olq 6y ago
    I for one found this very useful
    - machello13 6y ago
      Sure, it's a good command to know, but completely apropos of nothing. A command line alias is not at all an alternative to typing "what's my IP" into google, something that even my mom could do.
- bacondude3 6y ago
  Easier: $ curl icanhazip.com
buboard 6y ago
> filled to the brim with ads. This was the social contract of the web. You give google free content , they give you back money through adsense. Google broke it, and went overly greedy. If enough websites band together (incl. wikipedia), they could boycott google and force it to pay them per search click or sth. It's only fair . Google is exploiting a system in their own advantage and to the detriment of others. This is no longer win-win.

ebg13 6y ago

> filled to the brim with ads You let yourself see ads on the web?

dontblink 6y ago
Its funny to note that many people here complain about Google preventing page views, but have no restraint in doing the same by blocking ads. Pot meet kettle...
- smt88 6y ago
  These are not comparable practices. Google is a search monopoly. Republishing search results to keep users on Google (rather than the publisher) is literally stealing content and the pageviews the content generated. As a user, blocking programmatic ads (such as those served by ad marketplaces) is the only way to browse the web safely. Websites are free to use affiliate links, subscriptions, donations, non-marketplace ads, or any other safe monetization strategy. I will not apologize for blocking the unsafe monetization strategies.
  - a1369209993 6y ago
    Specifically, we already know how to display ads: <a href="..."><img src="..."/></a> Anything which uses javascript to display ads is by definition malware, and should be treated accordingly.
- TeMPOraL 6y ago
  Blocking ads doesn't prevent page views, it prevents viewing garbage along with the pages.
kodablah 6y ago
You don't have to see ads to not want to visit places that inundate others with them. Also, having an ad blocker should not give you the false impression that you aren't seeing ads on the web.
RestlessMind 6y ago
Yes, I do because I prefer compensating content creators, because otherwise we will not have many of those. If some website has shitty ads (blinking banners, auto-playing videos, malware etc), I just avoid those sites altogether. Since you seem to be someone who doesn't see ads on the web, I am curious to know how you pay for the content you consume? I have come across very few non-ads options which work well. For me, subscription fatigue sets in across various video-on-demand sites and various high-quality newspapers. But for a lot of my family / friends across the globe, subscription charges are high enough that they would rather see ads.
- loufe 6y ago
  I try my best to contribute for things I care about. I'll send the occaisionally donation into the guardian, ETF, Patron for a youtuber, wikipedia, or whatever. I do have a couple subscriptions like for Spotify or the economist, but otherwise I try to give to stick to donations whenever I feel like I have money to burn. That being said, I live with the fact that certain content creators get nothing from me, I don't feel great about it but I would never consume their content if I had to go through ads, either.

psexec 6y ago

> what is my ip alias my-ip='dig +short myip.opendns.com @resolver1.opendns.com'

reaperducer 6y ago
Awesome. Now try it at a client's off-site location with hardware and terminal locked down by someone else's IT department while you're trying to troubleshoot their connection.
- saagarjha 6y ago
  Or your mobile device…
machello13 6y ago
is this a serious comment? it reads like satire of an HN comment
- olq 6y ago
  I for one found this very useful
  - machello13 6y ago
    Sure, it's a good command to know, but completely apropos of nothing. A command line alias is not at all an alternative to typing "what's my IP" into google, something that even my mom could do.
bacondude3 6y ago
Easier: $ curl icanhazip.com

buboard 6y ago

> filled to the brim with ads. This was the social contract of the web. You give google free content , they give you back money through adsense. Google broke it, and went overly greedy. If enough websites band together (incl. wikipedia), they could boycott google and force it to pay them per search click or sth. It's only fair . Google is exploiting a system in their own advantage and to the detriment of others. This is no longer win-win.