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I completely forgot Reddit even has ads. I was watching a screen share on someone else's computer who was looking at a news article and I was completely shocke

by nvr219 6y ago

I completely forgot Reddit even has ads. I was watching a screen share on someone else's computer who was looking at a news article and I was completely shocked at the experience. How do people live without adblock?

optimalsolver 6y ago
This is what I think whenever using someone else's computer.
- Ashanmaril 6y ago
  Blows my mind when I'm watching someone just sit in silence waiting 10 seconds so they can skip an ad on youtube
  - Scoundreller 6y ago
    Was visiting distant family ~10 years ago in a small Yugoslav village. They had ~2mbit fixed wireless (w00t), but when I installed Adblock and dialed up their CRT to 85hz from 60, they didn’t even notice anything changed.
    - skyyler 6y ago
      Adblock is one thing, but why would anyone notice a 15 fps increase?
      - temp0826 6y ago
        Refresh rate != frame rate. Maybe you’re too young to have ever used a crt at 60hz.
      - leeoniya 6y ago
        CRT at 60hz flickers very noticeably, and often causes eye strain + headaches after a few hours of use.
  - Shivetya 6y ago
    on tablets pretty much everything directs you to the app and most people trust this is the best result which with regards to youtube can result in an incredible influx of ads
    - mgbmtl 6y ago
      There's an uBlock filter "ublock annoyances" that filters most of those annoying "open in app" messages. Pretty useful for reddit/imgur.
jamiequint 6y ago
Some people aren't selfish assholes and want the sites they use to continue to exist.
- koverda 6y ago
  I unblock ads on sites I find useful, use frequently and want to actively support. If the ads aren't obnoxious, they stay unblocked. Sites wouldn't exist without the users, so they should keep in mind user experience when deciding how to monetize.
  - jamiequint 6y ago
    It's a fundamentally selfish viewpoint that you instead of the site you're using should decide how you consume what the site offers, a point of view that would be considered patently outrageous in many other contexts. Many people here confuse such a thing being possible with such a thing being morally justifiable.
    - effingwewt 6y ago
      If you are going to attack people for not liking ads maybe throw out a disclaimer about how you make your living?
      - deleted 6y ago
        [deleted]
      - goostavos 6y ago
        Wow, this is a weird thread. Who is this guy and why is everyone so mad at him about making his living in ad tech..? Him being in ads doesn't change the validity of the points he's making. Websites have to make money somehow. If you don't pay for a subscription, and don't allow the ads to run, why should you still feel entitled to consume their content? To be super clear: I'm in the ad-blocker camp, but I don't think we can really pretend that it's somehow justified. Ads annoy the bejesus out of me, I'm not willing to pay for a million little one-off subscriptions, there's this lovely back door that gives me all the content with no ads, so, me being of low moral fiber, goes the adblocking route.
croutonwagon 6y ago
That and the new interface is awful. Even clicking into a thread you see like 5 comments and a ton of “suggestions” for similar threads. Not to mention all the wasted real-estate and whatever that “picture in picture” style of opening links is.. Its just terribly done by pretty much any metric.

by nvr219 6y ago

optimalsolver 6y ago

This is what I think whenever using someone else's computer.

Ashanmaril 6y ago
Blows my mind when I'm watching someone just sit in silence waiting 10 seconds so they can skip an ad on youtube
- Scoundreller 6y ago
  Was visiting distant family ~10 years ago in a small Yugoslav village. They had ~2mbit fixed wireless (w00t), but when I installed Adblock and dialed up their CRT to 85hz from 60, they didn’t even notice anything changed.
  - skyyler 6y ago
    Adblock is one thing, but why would anyone notice a 15 fps increase?
    - temp0826 6y ago
      Refresh rate != frame rate. Maybe you’re too young to have ever used a crt at 60hz.
    - leeoniya 6y ago
      CRT at 60hz flickers very noticeably, and often causes eye strain + headaches after a few hours of use.
- Shivetya 6y ago
  on tablets pretty much everything directs you to the app and most people trust this is the best result which with regards to youtube can result in an incredible influx of ads
  - mgbmtl 6y ago
    There's an uBlock filter "ublock annoyances" that filters most of those annoying "open in app" messages. Pretty useful for reddit/imgur.

jamiequint 6y ago

Some people aren't selfish assholes and want the sites they use to continue to exist.

koverda 6y ago
I unblock ads on sites I find useful, use frequently and want to actively support. If the ads aren't obnoxious, they stay unblocked. Sites wouldn't exist without the users, so they should keep in mind user experience when deciding how to monetize.
- jamiequint 6y ago
  It's a fundamentally selfish viewpoint that you instead of the site you're using should decide how you consume what the site offers, a point of view that would be considered patently outrageous in many other contexts. Many people here confuse such a thing being possible with such a thing being morally justifiable.
  - effingwewt 6y ago
    If you are going to attack people for not liking ads maybe throw out a disclaimer about how you make your living?
    - deleted 6y ago
      [deleted]
    - goostavos 6y ago
      Wow, this is a weird thread. Who is this guy and why is everyone so mad at him about making his living in ad tech..? Him being in ads doesn't change the validity of the points he's making. Websites have to make money somehow. If you don't pay for a subscription, and don't allow the ads to run, why should you still feel entitled to consume their content? To be super clear: I'm in the ad-blocker camp, but I don't think we can really pretend that it's somehow justified. Ads annoy the bejesus out of me, I'm not willing to pay for a million little one-off subscriptions, there's this lovely back door that gives me all the content with no ads, so, me being of low moral fiber, goes the adblocking route.

croutonwagon 6y ago

That and the new interface is awful. Even clicking into a thread you see like 5 comments and a ton of “suggestions” for similar threads. Not to mention all the wasted real-estate and whatever that “picture in picture” style of opening links is.. Its just terribly done by pretty much any metric.