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Sounds like Readability was blocking all ads and then saying "come find us so we can pay you, even though we never told you we were doing this, oops too late".
by hellbanTHIS 11y ago
Sounds like Readability was blocking all ads and then saying "come find us so we can pay you, even though we never told you we were doing this, oops too late".
Plus since then there's been the invention of these Taboola and Outbrain type ads which are like the ISIS of advertising. Because of them I'm sensing a lot more people are ready to declare war on web ads.
- millstone 11y agoI didn't know what Taboola or Outbrain was so I searched and found this: https://newthealarmclock.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/screen-shot-2013-02-19-at-10-13-41-am.png https://newthealarmclock.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/screen-... and I recognized them. Very tabloid-style.
- hellbanTHIS 11y agoIf they were always pics of nice looking girls in bikinis nobody would have a problem, usually they look like this: http://digiday.com/publishers/is-this-the-worst-page-on-the-internet/attachment/grosscafemom/ http://digiday.com/publishers/is-this-the-worst-page-on-the-...