[rkagerer]

I'd like to see society in general become less tolerant of unwanted ads.

The original Google site hit the perfect pitch, where they set a few unobtrusive ones out of the way alongside your results screen. Ironic they pioneered and eventually normalized what is now an epidemic of user-hostile spam all over the web. I feel as a whole we lose a lot more productivity and focus to this than we gain in economic activity.

[Terr_]

> The original Google site

For your nostalgia and/or despair, I found a chronological list of screenshots: https://scaledon.com/the-evolution-of-google-ads/

[rkagerer]

Thank you! I actually tried to find an illustration, and your link fits the bill perfectly.

[rendaw]

> Google Ads became more user-friendly in 2014. The yellow box that contains the ad disappears and users could quickly scroll through the ads section.

Can someone please explain these two sentences to me?