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But then again, putting ads on web pages is already a matter of "Ah ha! I fooled you into downloading ads by offering you content! TAKE THAT!" As far as I'm co

by rickmb 15y ago

But then again, putting ads on web pages is already a matter of "Ah ha! I fooled you into downloading ads by offering you content! TAKE THAT!" As far as I'm concerned, putting ads on web pages has always been an intrusive an deceitful business model to begin with. I sincerely hope that there will come a day when advertising via ambushing consumers is no longer considered acceptable.

loso 15y ago
Most people know that when they go to a web site, if they are not paying for it, then there is going to be ads on there. If they are put right in the open how is that deceitful?
- slowpoke 15y ago
  Just because that's the way it is, doesn't mean it's the way it should be. If you know you will be ambushed and robbed on your way through the forest, would you also say "well, that cannot be helped, people know that when they enter the forest" (excuse me for the rather harsh analogy, it's the best I could spontaneously come up with).
  - vertex-four 15y ago
    Sending you advertisements along with your content is not the same as taking something from you.
    - slowpoke 15y ago
      Thus my acknowledgement of the bad analogy. The point I was trying to make is that even if you know in advance that something undesirable will happen, that's still not a justification for said undesirable thing.
      - Karunamon 15y ago
        I respectfully disagree. I understand a good portion of hackers find the entire concept of advertising to be distasteful, but why this melodrama? "Ambush"? Likening it to robbery? Really..? It's a few hundred pixel banner that's trying to convince you to buy something. Not a requirement that you sacrifice your firstborn.
        slowpoke 15y ago
        >It's a few hundred pixel banner that's trying to convince you to buy something. Yes, and that's undesirable to a lot of people. It's distracting and, depending on the intrusiveness of the ad(s), annoying to outright rude. It's gotten to the point that it's hard for me to use the internet when I'm on a computer without a decent ad-blocker. Imagine trying to read a book while a bunch of persons are screaming inane stuff at you; that's what it feels like. Actually, I long for the day when display goggles and computer vision have advanced far enough for a "real-life ad-blocker". The world would be a much better place. I didn't intend to liken displaying ads to heinous acts of infanticide or anything of the sort.
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RobAtticus 15y ago
You get ads in your newspaper, you get ads when you watch TV. Are those also distasteful? Frankly, I prefer ads since I can ignore them, where as if I ignore paying I don't get the service.
- AlexandrB 15y ago
  Ads on TV are unbearable! I can't watch TV anymore, it just makes me annoyed.

by rickmb 15y ago

loso 15y ago

Most people know that when they go to a web site, if they are not paying for it, then there is going to be ads on there. If they are put right in the open how is that deceitful?

slowpoke 15y ago
Just because that's the way it is, doesn't mean it's the way it should be. If you know you will be ambushed and robbed on your way through the forest, would you also say "well, that cannot be helped, people know that when they enter the forest" (excuse me for the rather harsh analogy, it's the best I could spontaneously come up with).
- vertex-four 15y ago
  Sending you advertisements along with your content is not the same as taking something from you.
  - slowpoke 15y ago
    Thus my acknowledgement of the bad analogy. The point I was trying to make is that even if you know in advance that something undesirable will happen, that's still not a justification for said undesirable thing.
    - Karunamon 15y ago
      I respectfully disagree. I understand a good portion of hackers find the entire concept of advertising to be distasteful, but why this melodrama? "Ambush"? Likening it to robbery? Really..? It's a few hundred pixel banner that's trying to convince you to buy something. Not a requirement that you sacrifice your firstborn.
      - slowpoke 15y ago
        >It's a few hundred pixel banner that's trying to convince you to buy something. Yes, and that's undesirable to a lot of people. It's distracting and, depending on the intrusiveness of the ad(s), annoying to outright rude. It's gotten to the point that it's hard for me to use the internet when I'm on a computer without a decent ad-blocker. Imagine trying to read a book while a bunch of persons are screaming inane stuff at you; that's what it feels like. Actually, I long for the day when display goggles and computer vision have advanced far enough for a "real-life ad-blocker". The world would be a much better place. I didn't intend to liken displaying ads to heinous acts of infanticide or anything of the sort.
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RobAtticus 15y ago

You get ads in your newspaper, you get ads when you watch TV. Are those also distasteful? Frankly, I prefer ads since I can ignore them, where as if I ignore paying I don't get the service.

AlexandrB 15y ago
Ads on TV are unbearable! I can't watch TV anymore, it just makes me annoyed.