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by xg15 2728 days ago
> I would like that people were more explicit in why they despise ads.

Sorry, but no. Ads are not a good way to monetize software. Period. This has been discussed enough in countless articles during the last two years. The reasons are well-known by now. If you still managed to miss all that has been written about ads, I recommend Pinboard's talk about website obesity as a starting point.
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reitanqild 2728 days ago
> Ads are not a good way to monetize software. Period.

It certainly seems to have be an effective way to monetize software.

And TBH it didn't bother me much back when we were only talking context-based ads in search results or ads related to the blog posts I was reading.

I do agree though that todays 3rd party-tracking-megaton-js-web-ads needs to die just like the old punch-the-monkey-scams needed to die.

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kiriakasis 2728 days ago
Obviously a software should not be just a giant chum-box, there are no kind of upsides to that.

Still I do not understand why everyone should keep a mile away from them and be shamed for trying to ameliorate the bad sides of internet advertisements.

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