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This used to be true, but now that 30-40% of the web audience uses adblockers, a wake-up call is imminent.
by arnaudsm 5y ago
This used to be true, but now that 30-40% of the web audience uses adblockers, a wake-up call is imminent.
- lapetitejort 5y agoThe wake-up call should be directed towards ad creators, not viewers. Ads slow down pages, clutter content, potentially inject malware, negatively emotionally manipulate the viewer, etc. I pay for two sites that I use daily so I don't see ads. Every single ad-serving site should have this option. My only fear is that Facebook, Twitter, et. al. cannot survive on a subscription amount alone. Our data and ad viewing is just too lucrative for them to stop.
- Sohcahtoa82 5y agoThe absolute worst is malvertising. That was actually my #1 reason for using an ad blocker: to prevent ads from trying to exploit security vulnerabilities and hijacking my web browser. It's exceptionally rare, for sure, but I've had ads on legitimate web pages forward me to an advertising site with no input from me. These days, though, the web is god damn near unusable without an ad blocker, especially on mobile. So much bandwidth (That I'm PAYING for! Data isn't free!) is wasted on content I don't want. I've seen a page have TWO ad videos playing at once, taking up well over 40% of my screen. Advertisers can cry me a god damn river. If they didn't make ads so damn intrusive, I wouldn't need a blocker. I don't even care about trackers, at least they make my ads relevant so I'm not seeing ads for Tampax. Now if only there was an easy way to block the god damn "WE USE COOKIES!" alerts.
- frontier 5y ago> Now if only there was an easy way to block the god damn "WE USE COOKIES!" alerts. The Chrome extension store has you covered! I am using one called "I don't care about cookies" and I rarely see them these days.