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When ads were just a small image or adsense text banner people didn't mind. I remember the first time I installed an ad blocker, ebay had decided to use a larg
by RobotToaster 3y ago
When ads were just a small image or adsense text banner people didn't mind.
I remember the first time I installed an ad blocker, ebay had decided to use a large autoplaying macromedia flash banner on every page, which caused Firefox to grind to a halt after opening half a dozen tabs.
- gary_0 3y agoOnce upon a time I only manually blocked really annoying ads by blackholing them in my `hosts` file. I wanted to give the ad-supported sites I used a fair shake. I protected my privacy by setting the browser to delete new cookies on exit. But over time my `hosts` file ended up covering every ad network and was gigantic because every major site was doing something abusive, so I just switched to an adblocker. And since I started using an adblocker things have gotten even worse! When I see someone browsing without one the Web looks totally unusable.