On 05/28/17 19:19, Rob Morley wrote:
> On Mon, 29 May 2017 01:56:47 +0000
> RS Wood  wrote:
>
>> On the hacker thread [1] there's a huge discussion about how adverts
>> are a necessary part of keeping sites funded.  I disagree.  I buy
>> products from the manufacturers I want.  When I want.  If I want.  And
>> advertisers have royally f*cked up some sites.  Some popular news
>> sites are damned near unreadable these days.  Suddenly: all the
>> adverts are gone.  Good riddance.
>
> That's an understandable attitude, but short-sighted.

sorry, I use 'noscript' and 'cookie blockers' for many of the same
reasons.  It's amazing how fast a lot of sites load without the scripted
ads and unwanted content.

[whenever I need something that "must use" all of "that", I have a
'special' browser set up in a Linux VM that is configured to delete ALL
history including cookies when I exit, and thus there is no tracking
data to harvest - most recently I had to order some parts for a
customer, and "the vendor's order management page" required
stupid-scripting to work, and was pathetically fragile at that, but
"only place to get them" so what else can you do?  So I used the
'special' browser]

> Someone has to pay for content and delivery, you can't expect
> hobbyists and philanthropists to sustain the current level of
> internet consumption.

well, if the ads weren't a) irritatingly intrusive, b) bandwidth
intensive, c) invading my privacy by d) tracking everything I do online
or e) "personalized" based on OTHERS tracking everything I do online,
then I probably wouldn't be trying to block them.

In other words, the web advertising industry has DONE IT TO THEMSELVES
by being ASSHATS about it.

'pi hole' sounds like an EXCELLENT tool for people to use.  I will
consider toying with it myself...

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your story is so touching, but it sounds just like a lie
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