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by DenisAyumu 3749 days ago
I browsed the web for 15 years without an ad blocker because I could care less about harmless banners and text ads. It was a good time.

Then you added tracking cookies that followed me wherever I went.

Then you added sound to your ads.

Then you added video.

Then you added full screen popups, seizure-inducing flashing ads and banners that mimic'ed Windows alerts.

Then you added transparent Facebook "like" buttons over GUI elements.

You created the ad blocker phenomenon, not me.

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Yep. The problem is not free content entitlement, it's bad ads. Ads that are intrusive. Ads that are ugly. Ads that kill the user experience.

How much content is actually worth paying for?

>>How much content is actually worth paying for?<<

This is the real question in the pot.