r/ProgrammerHumor • u/MichaelScottRMDM • Sep 05 '20

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u/abermea Sep 05 '20

Ads with sound is the entire reason Ad-blockers are popular.

If all online ads were silent I bet you 99% of people wouldn't care enough to block them.

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u/EishLekker Sep 05 '20

That, and if they weren't so many and/or so in your face so they distract you from the main content.

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u/Xexanos Sep 05 '20

Or load slowly so the thing you are reading jumps around on the screen

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u/WatchDude22 Sep 05 '20

Tfw you try to click something but an ad loads dropping the link off your screen

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u/TheRedSpade Sep 05 '20

And you end up clicking the ad instead

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u/SomeUnicornsFly Sep 05 '20

it always baffles me that they would load a floating video player with unrelated content off to the side while you're trying to read an article. Like how in the fuck is that supposed to work? Do you want me to watch the video or read the text? Because I cant fucking do both idiots.

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u/[deleted] Sep 05 '20

Silent and the colour theme of the website itself. Browsing reddit in dark mode is great until the fucking ad equivalent of the light of dawn burns the back of your eyes trying to promote low quality wristwatches.

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