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Slightly less irritating than garage door, but: I’ve been going to my baseball team’s website recently to buy stuff because they won, and a 5 second video ad p
by dwighttk 3y ago
Slightly less irritating than garage door, but:
I’ve been going to my baseball team’s website recently to buy stuff because they won, and a 5 second video ad pops up every time you go…
I’m here, I want to spend money, and you want to show me ads?
- eps 3y agoThe correct question is why you are on HN and yet don't use an ad blocker.
- passwordoops 3y agoYes and no. OP is pointing to the forest, while your reply is focused on his tree
- 1000100_1000101 3y agoI don't use an AdBlocker. Sites need income somehow. I ignore them anyway, but they show. However, if you run pop-over-everything ads, auto-play videos with audio, resizing ads, run CPU heavy BS, attempt redirects, or other garbage ads, I simply stop visiting your site. Don't abuse your ads. Don't use an ad provider that supports malicious behaviours. Too many sites abuse their users, I agree, but you're encouraging them by still giving them traffic.
- dwighttk 3y agoThis one pierced the protection of my adblocker. For what it is worth the video doesn’t load, but the 5 second pop up does load.
- breckenedge 3y agoClassic case of marketing being separate from operations and having latitude to do whatever the fuck they want. Company suffers but marketing makes their goals.
- gosub100 3y agoSimilar story: I toured Wrigley Field with my dad last week. We're on the MLB team's site, we want to give you money...nope, first you gotta install the MLB app.