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What is sad is that ad-blockers would have never become a necessity, had advertising remained fair (as in: static images, no code execution on browser, no track
by pif 4y ago
What is sad is that ad-blockers would have never become a necessity, had advertising remained fair (as in: static images, no code execution on browser, no tracking).
- vkou 4y agoIf people would just behave well, we wouldn't need laws and courts. When there's a profit motive, someone will always cut corners.
- robertlagrant 4y ago> When there's a profit motive, someone will always cut corners. This only works as a specialisation of "people". Where there's no profit motive, people will also cut corners.
- appleiigs 4y agoYour comment doesn’t make sense. What profit motive? It drove them to shutdown and people to use ad blockers. The feedback loop is positive: behave well -> profit. Your comment discusses the inverse: behave poorly -> go to jail.
- vkou 4y agoThe profit motive in question is the motive to fill your screen with shitty, laggy, possibly dangerous ads. Have you visited your local newspaper's website, or a fandom property, lately? Once enough people do that, the users install adblockers, which also hurts advertisers who were not filling your screen with shitty, laggy, possibly dangerous ads.
- pif 4y agoThe problem is, we don't have laws and courts for ads. That's why we are all forced to walk around heavily armed and shoot down whoever gets less than two metres apart from us!