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I hate Ads as much as next guy, but what will be the future of the internet without the Ads? where the revenue comes from? do we have to pay for every site that we use? I prefer a free content internet with reasonable amount of ads!!
Works fine if you are transparent about it. 30 seconds spent with the host saying " is sponsored by . " is fine.
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Would you use LA Times if we'd convince them to implement the following user experience: https://demo.adtechmedia.io/atm-core/nytimes/www.nytimes.com... NOTE: Above article is from NY Times and is ONLY for demo purposes :)
No, that demo really doesn't feel respectful of readers: - The headline loads, then flashes off, then reappears when a webfont finishes loading - A "Support quality journalism" popover jumps in front of the content I opened. - A fifth of the screen height is taken up with a permanent fixed-position header nav - When I scroll to the bottom, the page gets jumpy and scrolling lags as it tries to on-demand load a bunch o…
Everyone should install Millennials to Snake People. It's a great addon that makes the internet way better. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/millennials-to-sna...
If you're in my house and got your IP address from my DHCP server, you're ad blocking without even having to lift a finger, thanks to dnsmasq and several volunteer-maintained ad blocking hosts files. Similar method to what Pi-hole [1] does. It doesn't get everything but it's a nice default starting point. 1: http://jacobsalmela.com/block-millions-ads-network-wide-with...
Whats the throughput? Can it handle speedy internet?
Now if only there was a feature on ad blockers that blocked all the crummy youtube videos my daughter watches that are effectively 20 minute ads of people playing with toys.
You are the ad blocker! But really don't worry, it's nothing new. The 80s and 90s were filled with advertisements-as-TV-shows.
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I often joke that I'll believe "The machines are taking over" immediately after I get a relevant ad on Facebook. Of all places - they should know exactly what I like and what I would buy. They haven't got a clue.
I just finished "Chaos Monkeys: Obscene Fortune and Random Failure in Silicon Valley" and there is a discussion about this in there. Turns out its very hard to get from "what you like" to "what I want to buy." Google actually has an advantage here, in that it is easier to identify search phrases that are part of the pre-buying process.
Thanks for the book recommendation - I'll have to read that!
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Skip the anti-virus. It's not that there aren't viruses, it's just that anti-viruses don't protect against them and increase the attack surface.
I'd say this, but recently I cleaned a few family members of root kits. They had virus scanners, they just didn't pick them up. I'd love to know a decent one I can put on thats cheap/free that catches these fuckers. Would save me a ton of time lol.
It's gotten really aggressive the past few years, especially for local news, mostly because they were ill-prepared for the shift in advertising.
Staff cuts (as ad revenue plummeted) surely included all of the "web people" with that work being outsourced.
Many local news shops are hanging on by a thread; unfortunately that thread is reinforced by their website carpeted in advertising.
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Skip the anti-virus. It's not that there aren't viruses, it's just that anti-viruses don't protect against them and increase the attack surface.
That is only valid advice for an advanced user and even than is still debatable...
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That is only valid advice for an advanced user and even than is still debatable...
In what sense is it only valid for advanced users? And how is either claim (1. doesn't protect / 2. increased attack surface) debatable?