[sempron64]

This unfortunately also affects almost all mobile apps and modern Windows installations, as they all run Javascript-enabled ads. Maybe this might cause Microsoft to reconsider what it allows to run on Windows but I don't see mobile ads going away any time soon.

[tzahola]

>javascript-enabled ads

Good opportunity to get rid of them.

[comicjk]

Or, as a compromise, no third-party javascript. Google can easily code up the 100 most common javascript ad formats and let advertisers pick from a menu.

[tzahola]

Why would you need a Turing-complete language to describe advertisements? Why can't they be static images? Or static HTMLs?

[comicjk]

From the advertiser's perspective, it wouldn't be a Turing-complete language, since they would only have access to standardized templates. Such a system would probably have to be implemented in Javascript at the browser level though, unless you could do it all with CSS animations.

[coldacid]

I'd rather just be rid of them altogether. No compromise.

[rev_null]

Do they really need 100 formats?

1. Video ad that autoplays.

2. Punch the monkey.

3. ???