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0 pointsmschuster9111y ago0 comments

I don't care about the "visual noise" of normal/banner-type ads - the real problem are those fucking layer ads with confusing icons (the X is the left one, the maximize button the right one), so if you want to read the content, first find out which type of layer ad it is, try to spot the 2x2px hotzone for the close button and THEN read the content.

People install adblockers because too many idiots became too fucking greedy and ruined ads for everyone else!

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cookiecaper11y ago

Completely agree. I'm usually OK without an adblocker until I wander over to Phoronix.

orclev11y ago

Exactly, they had their chance, and they abused the privilege, so now we've taken it away.

wutbrodo11y ago

Tell me about it man; I found that food was getting kind of expensive at some of the restaurants I frequented so now I just dine-and-dash, several times a week. Restaurants as a whole had their chance to charge me for food, they abused it, so I took that right away.

simoncarter11y ago

I can’t figure out if you’re making a sarcastic point in rebuttal against orclev, or, because the analogy is so bad, taking the piss out of people who would use that analogy.

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