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Topic Started: Mar 15 2018, 08:40 AM (6 Views)
MarkGraham

Hi,
This might be interesting; then again, it might not be…
What are your views on advertising online, how it impacts your ‘surfing’ of the web, and whether you use Ad Blockers?
For me, I have been online since the 90s, when I used to run up 100s of pounds in phone bills, off of the back of the latest FreeServe dial up – advertisements back then were present, but not at all as intrusive as they are now – aside from the dodgy ones that would install premium rate diallers that is!
As the years have passed, I have found that adverts are taking up more and more space, so much so, that in instances, adverts will often take up over half of the displayed page! They are also far more intrusive – often starting up audio/video without being prompted or blocking your view of the website until you click to close. And those bloody hot words (or whatever they’re called) – where you drift your mouse past them, and suddenly have a new pop up showing you results for the word.
Mobile browsing only amplifies this, for me at least, as the smaller ‘mobile friendly’ view, is often nearly saturated by advertisements!
For me, modern advertising online, feels like you’re walking down your high street – and there are chuggers at every other step, asking you to hear their plight, or to sign up for something.
So, I have been an advocate of using ad blockers – originally things that modified the HOSTS file, then browser plug-ins, and now root-based tools (for Android) and even a Raspberry Pi running Pi-Hole. But this leads to a new scourge – the begging messages…. “Our website is funded by advertisers” etc etc etc, or worse, the ones who prevent you accessing their content until you whitelist them.
For me, no website is irreplaceable, so if they fold or block me – I just move on elsewhere. If the adverts weren’t so intrusive, I would consider allowing them, but it seems that lots of sites seem to prioritise advertisements over their own actual content.
I got excited (well, maybe not excited) recently, when I saw a release that mentioned Chrome would start blocking a bunch of these annoying intrusive adverts – but alas, they still plague the internet; so it’s back to running ad blockers
Anyone else hate adverts? Do you actively block them, do you whitelist any, do you have any moral pangs of guilt when you see the begging?

Please help.

I didn't find the right solution from the Internet.

References:
https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/threads/webpage-adverts.18814101/
Medical Device Marketing Video

Thanks
Edited by MarkGraham, Mar 15 2018, 09:52 AM.
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