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Annoying Ads
Method of Madness:
More like window shopping than shoplifting.
Carl-E:
But you're actually consuming the product that the advertisers have paid for without getting the producer credit for having the ad views.
Consuming without paying = shoplifting
not consuming = window shopping
Is it cold in here?:
English is weird. "Annoying ads" could refer to someone doing annoying things to the ads until the ads get fed up and go away.
Masterpiece:
I have the ads on by principle (which is why I opened this thread in the first place), and so far the only advert that annoyed me was one that had sounds in it. I'm not opposed to ads otherwise (especially if it helps Jeph pay the bills!)
Storel:
--- Quote from: Carl-E on 29 Sep 2013, 22:22 ---But you're actually consuming the product that the advertisers have paid for without getting the producer credit for having the ad views.
Consuming without paying = shoplifting
not consuming = window shopping
--- End quote ---
You may not have meant it that way, but this could be taken to mean that people who record TV shows and watch them later while skipping the commercials are shoplifting. I don't buy that at all. It's my privilege to decide what I want to watch, and if I choose to skip the commercials that's just too damn bad for the advertisers. People have been doing this since home VCRs first came out in the '70s, but somehow Western civilization has not yet collapsed.
I admit that it's more of a gray area with website ads, because with TV commercials the advertisers have no way to see how many people actually watch the ads; they just pay the networks a flat fee depending on the show's ratings. With website ads, though, they can actually track how many times the ad is displayed and pay the website owner per view. In that case, then, yes, an ad-blocker does somewhat reduce a site's income from advertising. I do have mixed feelings about that, but I really hate advertising, and if a site has a donation button I will donate small sums now and then in lieu of viewing the ads. If they don't have a donation button... maybe they should get one?
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