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I Fired theartofdoingstuff.com for extremely obnoxious ads - particularly the "Would you like to save this stuff?" one that greys out the rest of the article yo
by Hugsbox 4mo ago
I Fired theartofdoingstuff.com for extremely obnoxious ads - particularly the "Would you like to save this stuff?" one that greys out the rest of the article you're trying to read to... checks notes... ask if you want the article emailed to you? Who the hell thought that was a good idea?
- intrasight 4mo agoIt is ironic that so many articles calling out enshittification are themselves examples of the same.
- sqquima 4mo agoAnd a clearly AI-generated or at least AI-assisted post.
- tomasphan 4mo agoIt’s not clear to me. What makes you sure it’s AI assisted?
- shaky-carrousel 4mo ago> Google Home used to be one of my favourite gadgets. > Not because it was smart. > Because it was useful. I was half expecting "and that's bold" after that.
- deafpolygon 4mo agoIt might be quietly bold in a world of stunning declarations.
- warpfactor 4mo agoand load bearing
- input_sh 4mo agoI promise you that she went through the effort of putting less ads than what Adsense does by default.
- 9dev 4mo agoWhy would you even browse the web without using an ad blocker?
- Hugsbox 4mo agoThe "ad" as described in my comment isn't really an ad in the typical sense, it's baked into the website. But the real reason is, I'm on my work computer and unable to install browser extensions.
- 9dev 4mo agoYou should urgently contact your IT department. Not enforcing ad blocking extensions is a security liability.
- Hugsbox 4mo agoI'm in the IT department. Unfortunately massive global corporations routinely make extremely misguided decisions and don't particularly give a shit about what people like me have to say on the matter.
- smallerize 4mo agoHow about the FBI https://www.ic3.gov/PSA/2022/PSA221221 https://www.ic3.gov/PSA/2022/PSA221221 or CISA https://www.cisa.gov/resources-tools/services/adblock https://www.cisa.gov/resources-tools/services/adblock ?
- Hugsbox 4mo agoI'm well aware of all this, but I think you folks might be underestimating the hubris of gigantic corporations and how little my input as one IT guy at one little factory in one little part of the world means to the people who actually make decisions. Even if I wanted to bring these things to their attention, there is absolutely zero chance they'd ever so much as open an email from me. Whatever the company decides is gospel, only a fool would question their genius.
- projektfu 4mo agoIt went away when I scrolled past it, but it is still a form of a dickover that shouldn't happen on good websites.