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And I would go ahead and blame them for low quality ads. There was a time I liked seeing ads, they would tell me new things, and be funny/creative. Now its the

And I would go ahead and blame them for low quality ads. There was a time I liked seeing ads, they would tell me new things, and be funny/creative. Now its the same stupid spammy ad on all channels because we have only two players. It's just impressions count now.

HenryBemis 6y ago
On PC: myriad of ways to never see an ad again. I haven't seen an ad for years (hosts + AdblockPlus + Privacy Badger + NoScript) On Android: same, NoRootFirewall: blocking either for each app, or set global rules and block *.facebook.com, most of the Google IPs, most of the analytics, etc. On Apple: good luck :) (or feel free to write a tip for others -that use apple- see.
- reitanqild 6y ago
  > On Apple: good luck :) (or feel free to write a tip for others -that use apple- see. Lockdown Firewall. With that I can have a nice, midrange phone like my XR that blocks ads and opens the camera when I click the camera button - not 2,3 seconds later when the fun is gone. You are welcome, have a nice day. FWIW I was an Android user from HTC Hero until late last year. I cannot stand Mac, but on phones my midrange iPhone beats all the flagship Android phones I used over the years.
- wruza 6y ago
  Adguard? I’m using it for years and rarely see ads. It is not as cool as a vpn/firewall (like they do it on android, slow, battery eating and disallows other vpn) but it solves 95% of the problem.
bobthepanda 6y ago
I think we have different memories of the web; YOU ARE THE ONE MILLIONTH VISITOR was plastered all over the 2000s Internet.
- remarkEon 6y ago
  I would gladly trade today's "internet", with all the obnoxious and intrusive ad spam that I spend way too much time trying to avoid with both hardware and software, for a banner on the top of a web page that congratulates me for visiting a weird corner of the web.
  - bobthepanda 6y ago
    I would characterize the ads of yesteryear as, more often than not, straight up malware. As in, definitely trying to skim your personal info using fake-site phishing tactics, or get you to download and execute malicious code. Particularly nasty ones would basically hijack your browser and make it uncloseable, or literally fill the screen with replicating popups. The current state of Internet ads, which is mostly just exactly the same car, consumer goods, and travel agency ads you see on TV, plus the modern version of informercial doohickey ads, is much more benign IMO.
    - Nextgrid 6y ago
      The ads of yesteryear tried to exploit the ad networks to deliver malware or spyware. The ad networks of today just come bundled with the same malware or spyware that yesteryear's malicious ads tried to deliver.
      - AlexandrB 6y ago
        Agreed. That's not even mentioning the state of "apps", both mobile and desktop, that now come with tracking features that would make Bonzi Buddy blush.
- BlueTemplar 6y ago
  That didn't last long, by the mid-2000's Opera already had advanced popup and content blocking...
  - bobthepanda 6y ago

HenryBemis 6y ago

On PC: myriad of ways to never see an ad again. I haven't seen an ad for years (hosts + AdblockPlus + Privacy Badger + NoScript) On Android: same, NoRootFirewall: blocking either for each app, or set global rules and block *.facebook.com, most of the Google IPs, most of the analytics, etc. On Apple: good luck :) (or feel free to write a tip for others -that use apple- see.

reitanqild 6y ago
> On Apple: good luck :) (or feel free to write a tip for others -that use apple- see. Lockdown Firewall. With that I can have a nice, midrange phone like my XR that blocks ads and opens the camera when I click the camera button - not 2,3 seconds later when the fun is gone. You are welcome, have a nice day. FWIW I was an Android user from HTC Hero until late last year. I cannot stand Mac, but on phones my midrange iPhone beats all the flagship Android phones I used over the years.
wruza 6y ago
Adguard? I’m using it for years and rarely see ads. It is not as cool as a vpn/firewall (like they do it on android, slow, battery eating and disallows other vpn) but it solves 95% of the problem.

bobthepanda 6y ago

I think we have different memories of the web; YOU ARE THE ONE MILLIONTH VISITOR was plastered all over the 2000s Internet.

remarkEon 6y ago
I would gladly trade today's "internet", with all the obnoxious and intrusive ad spam that I spend way too much time trying to avoid with both hardware and software, for a banner on the top of a web page that congratulates me for visiting a weird corner of the web.
- bobthepanda 6y ago
  I would characterize the ads of yesteryear as, more often than not, straight up malware. As in, definitely trying to skim your personal info using fake-site phishing tactics, or get you to download and execute malicious code. Particularly nasty ones would basically hijack your browser and make it uncloseable, or literally fill the screen with replicating popups. The current state of Internet ads, which is mostly just exactly the same car, consumer goods, and travel agency ads you see on TV, plus the modern version of informercial doohickey ads, is much more benign IMO.
  - Nextgrid 6y ago
    The ads of yesteryear tried to exploit the ad networks to deliver malware or spyware. The ad networks of today just come bundled with the same malware or spyware that yesteryear's malicious ads tried to deliver.
    - AlexandrB 6y ago
      Agreed. That's not even mentioning the state of "apps", both mobile and desktop, that now come with tracking features that would make Bonzi Buddy blush.
BlueTemplar 6y ago
That didn't last long, by the mid-2000's Opera already had advanced popup and content blocking...
- bobthepanda 6y ago