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LightningAce11 07/19/19 4:22:19 AM #1:	Then have instrusive, pop up ads? --- https://i.imgtc.ws/nDVyBfn.gif <cite>LightningAce11 posted [p:924890516] in Why do web... [t:77874221]...</cite> <quote>Then have instrusive, pop up ads?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ModLogic 07/19/19 4:28:29 AM #2:	Final answer C. I'm entitled and also forced to view gamefaqs. --- https://i.imgtc.com/PruZV73.png https://imgur.com/lbSi0U3 https://imgur.com/xaRYKZM https://imgur.com/ZngbqJn <cite>ModLogic posted [p:924890603] in Why do web... [t:77874221]...</cite> <quote>Final answer C. I'm entitled and also forced to view gamefaqs.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ArchiePeck 07/19/19 4:42:18 AM #3:	They need income to exist and pay server bills and other running costs, I guess. <cite>ArchiePeck posted [p:924890823] in Why do web... [t:77874221]...</cite> <quote>They need income to exist and pay server bills and other running costs, I guess.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Kaiganeer 07/19/19 4:47:32 AM #4:	websites are people too y'know <cite>Kaiganeer posted [p:924890905] in Why do web... [t:77874221]...</cite> <quote>websites are people too y'know</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Rika_Furude 07/19/19 4:49:57 AM #5:	I will never ever allow a single website to display an ad to me. They can fuck off and go bankrupt instead. 20 more sites will take their place like always --- Posted with GameRaven 3.5.1 <cite>Rika_Furude posted [p:924890937] in Why do web... [t:77874221]...</cite> <quote>I will never ever allow a single website to display an ad to me. They can fuck off and go bankrupt instead. 20 more sites will take their place like always</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Questionmarktarius 07/19/19 4:57:28 AM #6:	When something like Privacy Badger, or just disabling 3rd-party cookies, pops the "disable adblock, you moocher!!" doodads, the site should automatically be considered sketchy and probably a security risk. <cite>Questionmarktarius posted [p:924891042] in Why do web... [t:77874221]...</cite> <quote>When something like Privacy Badger, or just disabling 3rd-party cookies, pops the "disable adblock, you moocher!!" doodads, the site should automatically be considered sketchy and probably a security risk.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Eevee-Trainer 07/19/19 5:45:07 AM #7:	Relevant: --- My Social Server, Eevee's Mystery Dungeon: https://discord.gg/7ZWgx4E My PMD Rescue Server: https://discord.gg/TntEhnE <cite>Eevee-Trainer posted [p:924891730] in Why do web... [t:77874221]...</cite> <quote>Relevant: </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
A_A_Battery 07/19/19 5:50:30 AM #8:	I get a window telling me to turn off adblock, I adblock that window. If it doesnt work, I turn on the script blocker. Undeterred. Unbroken! <cite>A_A_Battery posted [p:924891813] in Why do web... [t:77874221]...</cite> <quote>I get a window telling me to turn off adblock, I adblock that window. If it doesnt work, I turn on the script blocker. Undeterred. Unbroken!</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
pinky0926 07/19/19 5:52:40 AM #9:	Eevee-Trainer posted... Lol, I love seeing that particular ad, cracks me up every time --- CE's Resident Scotsman. https://imgur.com/ILz2ZbV <cite>pinky0926 posted [p:924891851] in Why do web... [t:77874221]...</cite> <quote><cite>Eevee-Trainer posted...</cite> Lol, I love seeing that particular ad, cracks me up every time</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DrizztLink 07/19/19 5:54:54 AM #10:	I saw a website pop one of those and the begging window itself tried to send me to a virus site. --- http://guidesmedia.ign.com/guides/9846/images/slowpoke.gif https://imgur.com/6ezFwG1 <cite>DrizztLink posted [p:924891883] in Why do web... [t:77874221]...</cite> <quote>I saw a website pop one of those and the begging window itself tried to send me to a virus site.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Laserion 07/19/19 7:43:30 AM #11:	ArchiePeck posted... They need income to exist and pay server bills and other running costs, I guess. They can do that with '90s annoying animated gifs at the top banner or sidebar, instead of auto-playing videos and pop-up windows that cover the content that you actually want to see, and also use more computer resources. --- There is no "would of", "should of" or "could of". There is "would've", "should've" and "could've". <cite>Laserion posted [p:924893578] in Why do web... [t:77874221]...</cite> <quote><cite>ArchiePeck posted...</cite> <quote>They need income to exist and pay server bills and other running costs, I guess.</quote> They can do that with '90s annoying animated gifs at the top banner or sidebar, instead of auto-playing videos and pop-up windows that cover the content that you actually want to see, and also use more computer resources.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Questionmarktarius 07/19/19 10:37:47 AM #12:	Laserion posted... ArchiePeck posted... They need income to exist and pay server bills and other running costs, I guess. They can do that with '90s annoying animated gifs at the top banner or sidebar, instead of auto-playing videos and pop-up windows that cover the content that you actually want to see, and also use more computer resources. See also: https://blogs.harvard.edu/doc/2017/01/26/how-true-advertising-can-save-journalism-from-drowning-in-a-sea-of-content/ Sticking a few lines of script into your site header and expecting a magic money button, is no substitute for having an actual advertising department. important bits: Heres one way to tell the difference between real advertising and adtech: Real advertising wants to be in a publication because it values the publications journalism and readership. Adtech wants to push ads at readers anywhere it can find them. About a week after our launch, I was seated at a dinner next to a major advertising executive. He complimented me on our new sites quality and on that of a predecessor site we had created and run, AllThingsD.com. I asked him if that meant hed be placing ads on our fledgling site. He said yes, hed do that for a little while. And then, after the cookies he placed on Recode helped him to track our desirable audience around the web, his agency would begin removing the ads and placing them on cheaper sites our readers also happened to visit. In other words, our quality journalism was, to him, nothing more than a lead generator for target-rich readers, and would ultimately benefit sites that might care less about quality. <cite>Questionmarktarius posted [p:924898112] in Why do web... [t:77874221]...</cite> <quote><cite>Laserion posted...</cite> <quote><cite>ArchiePeck posted...</cite> <quote>They need income to exist and pay server bills and other running costs, I guess.</quote> They can do that with '90s annoying animated gifs at the top banner or sidebar, instead of auto-playing videos and pop-up windows that cover the content that you actually want to see, and also use more computer resources.</quote> See also: https://blogs.harvard.edu/doc/2017/01/26/how-true-advertising-can-save-journalism-from-drowning-in-a-sea-of-content/ Sticking a few lines of script into your site header and expecting a magic money button, is no substitute for having an actual advertising department. important bits: <quote>Heres one way to tell the difference between real advertising and adtech: Real advertising wants to be in a publication because it values the publications journalism and readership. Adtech wants to push ads at readers anywhere it can find them. </quote><quote>About a week after our launch, I was seated at a dinner next to a major advertising executive. He complimented me on our new sites quality and on that of a predecessor site we had created and run, AllThingsD.com. I asked him if that meant hed be placing ads on our fledgling site. He said yes, hed do that for a little while. And then, after the cookies he placed on Recode helped him to track our desirable audience around the web, his agency would begin removing the ads and placing them on cheaper sites our readers also happened to visit. In other words, our quality journalism was, to him, nothing more than a lead generator for target-rich readers, and would ultimately benefit sites that might care less about quality.</quote></quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Giant_Aspirin 07/19/19 10:50:16 AM #13:	Rika_Furude posted... I will never ever allow a single website to display an ad to me. They can fuck off and go bankrupt instead. 20 more sites will take their place like always do you realize that people put time and work into creating those websites that you enjoy? why do you think the work of the individuals involved deserves no compensation? i'd think someone who writes code for a living would have some appreciation for the work that goes into programming websites but i guess the entitlement factor overrides that? --- Playing: Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, Vermintide 2 I suppose it will all make sense when we grow up <cite>Giant_Aspirin posted [p:924898478] in Why do web... [t:77874221]...</cite> <quote><cite>Rika_Furude posted...</cite> <quote>I will never ever allow a single website to display an ad to me. They can fuck off and go bankrupt instead. 20 more sites will take their place like always</quote> do you realize that people put time and work into creating those websites that you enjoy? why do you think the work of the individuals involved deserves no compensation? i'd think someone who writes code for a living would have some appreciation for the work that goes into programming websites but i guess the entitlement factor overrides that?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Questionmarktarius 07/19/19 10:54:25 AM #14:	Giant_Aspirin posted... do you realize that people put time and work into creating those websites that you enjoy? why do you think the work of the individuals involved deserves no compensation? If you're being shown ads, then you are not the customer: You are the product being sold. <cite>Questionmarktarius posted [p:924898616] in Why do web... [t:77874221]...</cite> <quote><cite>Giant_Aspirin posted...</cite> <quote>do you realize that people put time and work into creating those websites that you enjoy? why do you think the work of the individuals involved deserves no compensation? </quote> If you're being shown ads, then you are not the customer: You are the product being sold.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ModLogic 07/19/19 2:35:03 PM #15:	whack logic some thieves use to justify theft of ad revenue --- https://i.imgtc.com/PruZV73.png https://imgur.com/lbSi0U3 https://imgur.com/xaRYKZM https://imgur.com/ZngbqJn <cite>ModLogic posted [p:924907008] in Why do web... [t:77874221]...</cite> <quote>whack logic some thieves use to justify theft of ad revenue</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Giant_Aspirin 07/19/19 2:38:04 PM #16:	Questionmarktarius posted... Giant_Aspirin posted... do you realize that people put time and work into creating those websites that you enjoy? why do you think the work of the individuals involved deserves no compensation? If you're being shown ads, then you are not the customer: You are the product being sold. sure, but im not sure how that affects the concept that ad blocking denies compensation to those who work on websites. --- Playing: Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, Vermintide 2 I suppose it will all make sense when we grow up <cite>Giant_Aspirin posted [p:924907136] in Why do web... [t:77874221]...</cite> <quote><cite>Questionmarktarius posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Giant_Aspirin posted...</cite> <quote>do you realize that people put time and work into creating those websites that you enjoy? why do you think the work of the individuals involved deserves no compensation? </quote> If you're being shown ads, then you are not the customer: You are the product being sold.</quote> sure, but im not sure how that affects the concept that ad blocking denies compensation to those who work on websites.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
SwayM 07/19/19 2:39:54 PM #17:	Its not even convenient to turn off Adblock in cases like this. Like the amount of times Ive actually gone yeah alright Ill switch it off this time and tried to do it and the site still doesnt even fucking work. Yall can go fuck off. If its that important Ill hear about it somewhere else. --- https://imgur.com/Fbusl2a <cite>SwayM posted [p:924907208] in Why do web... [t:77874221]...</cite> <quote>Its not even convenient to turn off Adblock in cases like this. Like the amount of times Ive actually gone yeah alright Ill switch it off this time and tried to do it and the site still doesnt even fucking work. Yall can go fuck off. If its that important Ill hear about it somewhere else.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
uwnim 07/19/19 2:40:56 PM #18:	If they used actual proper ads, people wouldn't be able to block them. Like go and imbed a picture advertising some product into your article. Wouldn't be blockable without disabling actual content. Instead they just use sketchy ad servers. --- I want a pet Lavos Spawn. [Order of the Cetaceans: Phocoena dioptrica] <cite>uwnim posted [p:924907248] in Why do web... [t:77874221]...</cite> <quote>If they used actual proper ads, people wouldn't be able to block them. Like go and imbed a picture advertising some product into your article. Wouldn't be blockable without disabling actual content. Instead they just use sketchy ad servers.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Cheater87 07/19/19 2:40:56 PM #19:	Don't forget malvertising. --- Doom, the game with unlimited ways to play. <cite>Cheater87 posted [p:924907249] in Why do web... [t:77874221]...</cite> <quote>Don't forget malvertising.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Shablagoo 07/19/19 2:41:55 PM #20:	Questionmarktarius posted... See also: https://blogs.harvard.edu/doc/2017/01/26/how-true-advertising-can-save-journalism-from-drowning-in-a-sea-of-content/ Sticking a few lines of script into your site header and expecting a magic money button, is no substitute for having an actual advertising department. important bits: Heres one way to tell the difference between real advertising and adtech: Real advertising wants to be in a publication because it values the publications journalism and readership. Adtech wants to push ads at readers anywhere it can find them. About a week after our launch, I was seated at a dinner next to a major advertising executive. He complimented me on our new sites quality and on that of a predecessor site we had created and run, AllThingsD.com. I asked him if that meant hed be placing ads on our fledgling site. He said yes, hed do that for a little while. And then, after the cookies he placed on Recode helped him to track our desirable audience around the web, his agency would begin removing the ads and placing them on cheaper sites our readers also happened to visit. In other words, our quality journalism was, to him, nothing more than a lead generator for target-rich readers, and would ultimately benefit sites that might care less about quality. Yeah, thats disgusting. Thanks for ruining journalism, adtech! --- UnfairRepresent: "wut? who are you?" Ivynn: "DAYUM Shablagoo made you meltdown so hard you blocked it and him from your memory!" <cite>Shablagoo posted [p:924907287] in Why do web... [t:77874221]...</cite> <quote><cite>Questionmarktarius posted...</cite> <quote>See also: https://blogs.harvard.edu/doc/2017/01/26/how-true-advertising-can-save-journalism-from-drowning-in-a-sea-of-content/ Sticking a few lines of script into your site header and expecting a magic money button, is no substitute for having an actual advertising department. important bits: <quote>Heres one way to tell the difference between real advertising and adtech: Real advertising wants to be in a publication because it values the publications journalism and readership. Adtech wants to push ads at readers anywhere it can find them. </quote><quote>About a week after our launch, I was seated at a dinner next to a major advertising executive. He complimented me on our new sites quality and on that of a predecessor site we had created and run, AllThingsD.com. I asked him if that meant hed be placing ads on our fledgling site. He said yes, hed do that for a little while. And then, after the cookies he placed on Recode helped him to track our desirable audience around the web, his agency would begin removing the ads and placing them on cheaper sites our readers also happened to visit. In other words, our quality journalism was, to him, nothing more than a lead generator for target-rich readers, and would ultimately benefit sites that might care less about quality.</quote></quote> Yeah, thats disgusting. Thanks for ruining journalism, adtech!</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Questionmarktarius 07/19/19 2:51:07 PM #21:	Giant_Aspirin posted... Questionmarktarius posted... Giant_Aspirin posted... do you realize that people put time and work into creating those websites that you enjoy? why do you think the work of the individuals involved deserves no compensation? If you're being shown ads, then you are not the customer: You are the product being sold. sure, but im not sure how that affects the concept that ad blocking denies compensation to those who work on websites. You're a, um, "defective" product then, I guess. I dunno. The analogy kinda starts falling apart here. <cite>Questionmarktarius posted [p:924907635] in Why do web... [t:77874221]...</cite> <quote><cite>Giant_Aspirin posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Questionmarktarius posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Giant_Aspirin posted...</cite> <quote>do you realize that people put time and work into creating those websites that you enjoy? why do you think the work of the individuals involved deserves no compensation? </quote> If you're being shown ads, then you are not the customer: You are the product being sold.</quote> sure, but im not sure how that affects the concept that ad blocking denies compensation to those who work on websites.</quote> You're a, um, "defective" product then, I guess. I dunno. The analogy kinda starts falling apart here.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
CADE FOSTER 07/19/19 3:03:17 PM #22:	ModLogic posted... whack logic some thieves use to justify theft of ad revenue get out --- https://imgtc.com/i/HXEuaL9.jpg https://imgtc.com/i/xZ5hGDm.jpg https://imgtc.com/i/UZiqG9l.jpg https://imgtc.ws/i/gEfkzml.gif <cite>CADE FOSTER posted [p:924908119] in Why do web... [t:77874221]...</cite> <quote><cite>ModLogic posted...</cite> <quote>whack logic some thieves use to justify theft of ad revenue</quote> get out</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Rika_Furude 07/19/19 11:32:30 PM #23:	Giant_Aspirin posted... Rika_Furude posted... I will never ever allow a single website to display an ad to me. They can fuck off and go bankrupt instead. 20 more sites will take their place like always do you realize that people put time and work into creating those websites that you enjoy? why do you think the work of the individuals involved deserves no compensation? i'd think someone who writes code for a living would have some appreciation for the work that goes into programming websites but i guess the entitlement factor overrides that? There are far more ethical ways to make money off your content than known distribution methods of malware, stealing visitors info and stalking them, etc Ads only exist because of morally bankrupt, greedy, lazy and incompetent website owners --- Posted with GameRaven 3.5.1 <cite>Rika_Furude posted [p:924926923] in Why do web... [t:77874221]...</cite> <quote><cite>Giant_Aspirin posted...</cite> <quote> <cite>Rika_Furude posted...</cite> <quote> I will never ever allow a single website to display an ad to me. They can fuck off and go bankrupt instead. 20 more sites will take their place like always </quote> do you realize that people put time and work into creating those websites that you enjoy? why do you think the work of the individuals involved deserves no compensation? i'd think someone who writes code for a living would have some appreciation for the work that goes into programming websites but i guess the entitlement factor overrides that?</quote> There are far more ethical ways to make money off your content than known distribution methods of malware, stealing visitors info and stalking them, etc Ads only exist because of morally bankrupt, greedy, lazy and incompetent website owners</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Fam_Fam 07/19/19 11:42:24 PM #24:	Rika_Furude posted... Giant_Aspirin posted... Rika_Furude posted... I will never ever allow a single website to display an ad to me. They can fuck off and go bankrupt instead. 20 more sites will take their place like always do you realize that people put time and work into creating those websites that you enjoy? why do you think the work of the individuals involved deserves no compensation? i'd think someone who writes code for a living would have some appreciation for the work that goes into programming websites but i guess the entitlement factor overrides that? There are far more ethical ways to make money off your content than known distribution methods of malware, stealing visitors info and stalking them, etc Ads only exist because of morally bankrupt, greedy, lazy and incompetent website owners how else should they get paid for it? charge the customers? lol no. people would just say i'll go to a free alternative, and the site dies. people are cheap af and want their shit for free. they don't even want to see ads while they get their free stuff now. <cite>Fam_Fam posted [p:924927193] in Why do web... [t:77874221]...</cite> <quote><cite>Rika_Furude posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Giant_Aspirin posted...</cite> <quote> <cite>Rika_Furude posted...</cite> <quote> I will never ever allow a single website to display an ad to me. They can fuck off and go bankrupt instead. 20 more sites will take their place like always </quote> do you realize that people put time and work into creating those websites that you enjoy? why do you think the work of the individuals involved deserves no compensation? i'd think someone who writes code for a living would have some appreciation for the work that goes into programming websites but i guess the entitlement factor overrides that?</quote> There are far more ethical ways to make money off your content than known distribution methods of malware, stealing visitors info and stalking them, etc Ads only exist because of morally bankrupt, greedy, lazy and incompetent website owners</quote> how else should they get paid for it? charge the customers? lol no. people would just say i'll go to a free alternative, and the site dies. people are cheap af and want their shit for free. they don't even want to see ads while they get their free stuff now.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
uwnim 07/20/19 12:34:26 AM #25:	Fam_Fam posted... Rika_Furude posted... Giant_Aspirin posted... Rika_Furude posted... I will never ever allow a single website to display an ad to me. They can fuck off and go bankrupt instead. 20 more sites will take their place like always do you realize that people put time and work into creating those websites that you enjoy? why do you think the work of the individuals involved deserves no compensation? i'd think someone who writes code for a living would have some appreciation for the work that goes into programming websites but i guess the entitlement factor overrides that? There are far more ethical ways to make money off your content than known distribution methods of malware, stealing visitors info and stalking them, etc Ads only exist because of morally bankrupt, greedy, lazy and incompetent website owners how else should they get paid for it? charge the customers? lol no. people would just say i'll go to a free alternative, and the site dies. people are cheap af and want their shit for free. they don't even want to see ads while they get their free stuff now. Actual ads. Like the kind that might be in a magazine or something. Not "ads" that are really just there to spread malware. --- I want a pet Lavos Spawn. [Order of the Cetaceans: Phocoena dioptrica] <cite>uwnim posted [p:924928590] in Why do web... [t:77874221]...</cite> <quote><cite>Fam_Fam posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Rika_Furude posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Giant_Aspirin posted...</cite> <quote> <cite>Rika_Furude posted...</cite> <quote> I will never ever allow a single website to display an ad to me. They can fuck off and go bankrupt instead. 20 more sites will take their place like always </quote> do you realize that people put time and work into creating those websites that you enjoy? why do you think the work of the individuals involved deserves no compensation? i'd think someone who writes code for a living would have some appreciation for the work that goes into programming websites but i guess the entitlement factor overrides that?</quote> There are far more ethical ways to make money off your content than known distribution methods of malware, stealing visitors info and stalking them, etc Ads only exist because of morally bankrupt, greedy, lazy and incompetent website owners</quote> how else should they get paid for it? charge the customers? lol no. people would just say i'll go to a free alternative, and the site dies. people are cheap af and want their shit for free. they don't even want to see ads while they get their free stuff now.</quote> Actual ads. Like the kind that might be in a magazine or something. Not "ads" that are really just there to spread malware.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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