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— There are so many ads on this page, it must be intolerable. Do you want me to install an ad blocker? — Nah I'm fine.

• Firmwarrior 4y ago
  haha, the same thing happened with my 10 year old nephew I was watching live TV, and he just randomly started screaming at me I was like "Why the hell are you screaming, kid?" and it turned out it was because the TV was so loud and obnoxious Turned out he managed to go 10 years without watching ad-infested live TV!
• tasuki 4y ago
  Same experience. People universally hate ads, yet they're not too keen on blocking them. I'd be curious to learn why.
  • Nextgrid 4y ago
    I think some people are so annoyed or afraid of tech that once they’ve got something that at least somewhat works they avoid making any changes in fear that it’ll break their workflow.
  • paulryanrogers 4y ago
    Ads lower the barrier of entry to the web by paying for content. By blocking them and encouraging others to as well that on-ramp becomes weaker, motivating producers to pack more ads for what audience still sees them.
    • troyvit 4y ago
      Funny thing though, I worked in ad-tech for ten years at a small player (outbrain). They're present on most major news sites around the world, which means I got to dig into the source of many of these sires. Easily 90% of their source was dedicated to serving ads or tracking behavior for campaigns. And we're talking a ton of code. It's like they're in an arms race with themselves where their site is an expensive nightmare to maintain so they add ads which makes their site an expensive nightmare so they add more ads.