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> Let's be honest, ads and ad tracking is not going anywhere Sure they are - just install ublock origin. Even if you're OK with the snooping and the attention

> Let's be honest, ads and ad tracking is not going anywhere Sure they are - just install ublock origin. Even if you're OK with the snooping and the attention hijacking and the slow pageloads and the pictures of rotting teeth, plenty of malware has been delivered by inept ad networks. Frankly, I find it strange when someone doesn't block ads.

cjpearson 2y ago
Ads as a revenue model is not going anywhere even if you personally block them. I'm also a ublock origin user. But it only works because most people in the world are not ublock origin users. I view no ads and am subsidized by the users who do.
shadowgovt 2y ago
ublock is a tiny fraction of users. If it became ubiquitous, online advertising would respond with something more embedded in the content and harder to block out.
- account42 2y ago
  > online advertising would respond with something more embedded in the content and harder to block out And less profitable, otherwise they would already be doing that now. In other words: a step in the right direction.
  - shadowgovt 2y ago
    Is it a step in the right direction? What are the consequences of pulling money out of the advertising industry?
JW_00000 2y ago
To play the devil's advocate: if everyone did that, there would be almost no more free websites. So much of the internet is paid for through ads.
- haileys 2y ago
  > So much of the internet is paid for through ads. And look where it's gotten us.
- account42 2y ago
  > if everyone did that, there would be almost no more free websites Wrong. Let's ignore for the moment that ad-funded websites are not free but only pretend to be free (the average user pays eventually, otherwise ads would not make sense for the advertiser), non-commercial websites have existed longer than ad-funded ones. If anything, making "free" profitable invites profiteers that produce mediocre content but know how to out-SEO genuine free websites. > So much of the internet is paid for through ads. And the best thing for the Internet is if that part came crashing down. But even for the ad-supported part of the web, almost all of the actual content is generated by unpaid users.
- madeofpalk 2y ago
  The devil doensn't need an advocate. If this is your opinion, stand behind it. If you don't believe it, then why say it?
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- KevinGlass 2y ago
  You have no idea how I LONG for a return to that. I DEEPLY wish every single person would install an ad blocker. If ad supported slop went under that would leave us with just paid and passion projects, and we would be far better off for it.
lopis 2y ago
When you close your blinds, the sun doesn't go away.

cjpearson 2y ago

Ads as a revenue model is not going anywhere even if you personally block them. I'm also a ublock origin user. But it only works because most people in the world are not ublock origin users. I view no ads and am subsidized by the users who do.

shadowgovt 2y ago

ublock is a tiny fraction of users. If it became ubiquitous, online advertising would respond with something more embedded in the content and harder to block out.

account42 2y ago
> online advertising would respond with something more embedded in the content and harder to block out And less profitable, otherwise they would already be doing that now. In other words: a step in the right direction.
- shadowgovt 2y ago
  Is it a step in the right direction? What are the consequences of pulling money out of the advertising industry?

JW_00000 2y ago

To play the devil's advocate: if everyone did that, there would be almost no more free websites. So much of the internet is paid for through ads.

haileys 2y ago
> So much of the internet is paid for through ads. And look where it's gotten us.
account42 2y ago
> if everyone did that, there would be almost no more free websites Wrong. Let's ignore for the moment that ad-funded websites are not free but only pretend to be free (the average user pays eventually, otherwise ads would not make sense for the advertiser), non-commercial websites have existed longer than ad-funded ones. If anything, making "free" profitable invites profiteers that produce mediocre content but know how to out-SEO genuine free websites. > So much of the internet is paid for through ads. And the best thing for the Internet is if that part came crashing down. But even for the ad-supported part of the web, almost all of the actual content is generated by unpaid users.
madeofpalk 2y ago
The devil doensn't need an advocate. If this is your opinion, stand behind it. If you don't believe it, then why say it?
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KevinGlass 2y ago
You have no idea how I LONG for a return to that. I DEEPLY wish every single person would install an ad blocker. If ad supported slop went under that would leave us with just paid and passion projects, and we would be far better off for it.

lopis 2y ago

When you close your blinds, the sun doesn't go away.