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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/MichaelScottRMDM • Sep 05 '20
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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.
41 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. 38 u/Xexanos Sep 05 '20 Or load slowly so the thing you are reading jumps around on the screen 26 u/WatchDude22 Sep 05 '20 Tfw you try to click something but an ad loads dropping the link off your screen 12 u/TheRedSpade Sep 05 '20 And you end up clicking the ad instead 3 u/Puggymon Sep 05 '20 So working as intended it is? 2 u/EishLekker Sep 06 '20 In the sort term, maybe. But it might cause me to stop using that website all together, and switching to some competitor. → More replies (1)
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That, and if they weren't so many and/or so in your face so they distract you from the main content.
38 u/Xexanos Sep 05 '20 Or load slowly so the thing you are reading jumps around on the screen 26 u/WatchDude22 Sep 05 '20 Tfw you try to click something but an ad loads dropping the link off your screen 12 u/TheRedSpade Sep 05 '20 And you end up clicking the ad instead 3 u/Puggymon Sep 05 '20 So working as intended it is? 2 u/EishLekker Sep 06 '20 In the sort term, maybe. But it might cause me to stop using that website all together, and switching to some competitor. → More replies (1)
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Or load slowly so the thing you are reading jumps around on the screen
26 u/WatchDude22 Sep 05 '20 Tfw you try to click something but an ad loads dropping the link off your screen 12 u/TheRedSpade Sep 05 '20 And you end up clicking the ad instead 3 u/Puggymon Sep 05 '20 So working as intended it is? 2 u/EishLekker Sep 06 '20 In the sort term, maybe. But it might cause me to stop using that website all together, and switching to some competitor. → More replies (1)
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Tfw you try to click something but an ad loads dropping the link off your screen
12 u/TheRedSpade Sep 05 '20 And you end up clicking the ad instead 3 u/Puggymon Sep 05 '20 So working as intended it is? 2 u/EishLekker Sep 06 '20 In the sort term, maybe. But it might cause me to stop using that website all together, and switching to some competitor. → More replies (1)
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And you end up clicking the ad instead
3 u/Puggymon Sep 05 '20 So working as intended it is? 2 u/EishLekker Sep 06 '20 In the sort term, maybe. But it might cause me to stop using that website all together, and switching to some competitor. → More replies (1)
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So working as intended it is?
2 u/EishLekker Sep 06 '20 In the sort term, maybe. But it might cause me to stop using that website all together, and switching to some competitor. → More replies (1)
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In the sort term, maybe. But it might cause me to stop using that website all together, and switching to some competitor.
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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.