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>Ads are fine You work for Google; of course you find them fine.

• refulgentis 5y ago
  I don't think that follows
• blululu 5y ago
  This comment adds little more than name calling. Can ads be annoying? Yes. So is paying money for the things you enjoy. Very few online businesses have been able to find a business model that does not amount to selling ads or selling links. Some people find ads more intrusive than others but personally I find paywalls to be much more of a nuisance than seeing a banner ad. If free as in beer comes at the cost of hearing a sales pitch then I am personally fine with that.
  • SnotJockey 5y ago
    Ads aren't just annoying, they're often malicious and downright dangerous. Linking to apps with 0 click subscriptions, illegal porn or with recurring card payments and banking trojans. God forbid you're in the crypto space, every fucking ad is a scam or malicious, people lose their whole life savings to scams pushed through Google ads every day and there is no easy way to stop them. I run an ad blocker because Google is useless at stopping illegal scams and has been for a very long time. Google should have a policy to ban any crypto services name from adwords unless the ad is from verified from the service the word is about. It's not rocket science, but it'd hit the bottom line so until then eat adblock. I've been a victim of google's vastly inadequate ad vetting on at least three occasions and I'm pretty savvy.
    • refulgentis 5y ago
      That's a lot of words, and I'm sure the pain you feel and need for Google to maintain a registry of crypto ads you find acceptable is real. But, an excuse is an excuse.