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I swear to god, the day people finally realize they can actually block ads, we're going to have a massive collapse of the industry. Fear that day.
There may be truth to this. I only recently finally decided to get AdBlock... and man... I can't imagine a world without it. Then again, whats to stop Chrome Store from removing the extension?
It amazes me that facebook has achieved this sweet spot of harvesting personalized ad dollars while providing so little utility.
So little utility defined how? I'm hard pressed to believe that a site almost a billion monthly uniques isn't providing utility to any of them. Or are you just on your latest "holier than thou" act and need to tell the world that you don't like facebook? Then congratulations for not liking facebook.
I don't dislike Facebook. I'm just amazed that their bargain is so lucrative. I don't think it will be best for consumers or the industry, but that's not really Facebook's responsibility. Is it?
I swear to god, the day people finally realize they can actually block ads, we're going to have a massive collapse of the industry. Fear that day.
There may be truth to this. I only recently finally decided to get AdBlock... and man... I can't imagine a world without it. Then again, whats to stop Chrome Store from removing the extension?
I swear to god, the day people finally realize they can actually block ads, we're going to have a massive collapse of the industry. Fear that day.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
So little utility defined how? I'm hard pressed to believe that a site almost a billion monthly uniques isn't providing utility to any of them. Or are you just on your latest "holier than thou" act and need to tell the world that you don't like facebook? Then congratulations for not liking facebook.
The amount and conviction of users doesn't imply usefulness. There are pretty obvious examples of this. I don't dislike Facebook. I'm just amazed that their bargain is so lucrative. I don't think it will be best for consumers or the industry, but that's not really Facebook's responsibility. Is it?
Not everyone is a genius and the fact that I can't figure it out, actually makes me feel insulted by your comment. The tone is just obnoxious!
I swear to god, the day people finally realize they can actually block ads, we're going to have a massive collapse of the industry. Fear that day.
I swear to god, the day people finally realize they can actually block ads, we're going to have a massive collapse of the industry. Fear that day.
Why doesn't anybody exploit the never ending stream of Windows zero days to install blanket ad blockers on every machine possible?
"The best minds of my generation are thinking about how to make people click ads. That sucks." -- Jeff Hammerbacher
Well, he could start by not working for institutions whose entire business is predicated on making people click ads.
I swear to god, the day people finally realize they can actually block ads, we're going to have a massive collapse of the industry. Fear that day.
Adoption of adblock isn't something that is happening too fast to respond to, and it is a good thing, I believe, because it should create some innovation on the monetization side. Ad revenue isn't the only game in town, and I think consumers are receptive to other models that give them more control.