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Modern web ads are a result of the technological arms race with ad-blockers. If there were no ad-blockers, ads would be less devious about being intrusive. But
by bena 5y ago
Modern web ads are a result of the technological arms race with ad-blockers.
If there were no ad-blockers, ads would be less devious about being intrusive. But then they'd be easier to block. So we would. And then they'd have to become more devious to circumvent blocking.
We'd be right back here.
- nathanaldensr 5y agoThis sounds like a "the beatings will continue until morale improves" argument.
- Nasrudith 5y agoExcept the obnoxious and intrusive ads came first. Help they were long a vector for malware. The failure to police made them a liability.
- bena 5y agoI wasn't condoning ads, I was simply acknowledging the perverse ecosystem. Also, I don't know what policing them would look like. They operate by abusing legitimate techniques. It's a baby and bathwater situation.