reasonality

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by reasonality 11y ago
You're assuming the set of people who dislike ads and actively block them, intersects with the set of people who don't mind ads. I'm not convinced that's the case. They're usually quite different demographics.
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by reasonality 11y ago
Well clearly the experience for people not using ad blockers is substantially worse than it was 10 years ago. If the usage of ad blockers increases, you can bet that those not using ad blockers will be squeezed and exploited and have a thou
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by reasonality 11y ago
How does it hurt them? You stopped leeching their bandwidth without any opportunity for them to earn any ad revenue from them! Allowing leeches on your website doesn't seem that beneficial.
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by reasonality 11y ago
Or just hide and obfuscate the ads better. Getting past ad-blockers isn't exactly rocket science. This is an arms race which will not end well.
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by reasonality 11y ago
Are you also against relevant adverts in magazines? Some of those are pretty useful...
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by reasonality 11y ago
If you live in a city, then you have far bigger problems. It's no way to live.
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by reasonality 11y ago
Almost sounds like the plot for "Trading places".
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by reasonality 11y ago
All magic comes at a price. You could have learnt other tricks of the trade, could have made new friends talking to that human bartender. Talking to someone who is a master at something is far more valuable than asking the internet specific
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by reasonality 11y ago
It depends what you're developing, and who you're developing with. If you're developing something which must work 100% every time or else someone will die, then unit tests are a must. If you're developing with people who
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by reasonality 11y ago
Do you really think you can persuade members of a death suicide cult to come to their senses so easily after years of brainwashing? Have you ever tried convincing an athiest that there is a god, or a christian that there isn't a god?