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Well, a lot of people use their computer to purchase things. How do people know what to purchase? Ads! Therefore more ads = more knowledge about what to purchas
by therealwill 12y ago
Well, a lot of people use their computer to purchase things. How do people know what to purchase? Ads! Therefore more ads = more knowledge about what to purchase and results in a better user experience QED /s.
- doodpants 12y agoYou know, I often feel as though I'm living in a cave, because there are many things out in the world that I'm unaware of, and I often wonder if it's because I use Adblock. Take Uber, for example. It's apparently a popular ride-sharing service, which I've only heard of recently due to a bunch of articles about them getting into trouble with the law. So how did that service get to be so popular to begin with? How did people first hear of them? I'm guessing that there were lots of banner ads for them all over the web, which I've never seen. Of course, my curiosity as to what goods and services I might be missing out on is not strong enough to cause me to turn off Adblock, because good lord, the web user experience is horrible without it.
- TeMPOraL 12y agoWell, truth be told, most products and services out there are crap, and if something is actually good (or stupidly bad), you'll learn about it anyway. People like to talk about things that solve their problems well. Hell, in tech the Hacker News itself is a nice place for that; most of my "product discovery" happens here. Sure, maybe sometimes you will be late to the party, but you'll find out about good products eventually, and hell no, I'm not going to look at ads unless forced at gunpoint.
- sejje 12y agoI've never seen an ad for Uber. I know about them because I keep up with startup news. They were in the news plenty before the legal issues.