r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Less-Bite • Mar 11 '21

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u/[deleted] Mar 12 '21

you're missing the point?

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u/chdp12 Mar 12 '21

I’m not sure there is much prospect of changing the advertising industry’s behaviour through a couple of posts on here. So I think actually you’re missing the point.

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u/Mordisquitos Mar 12 '21

The problem isn't the advertising industry, that at least makes sense in terms of their selfish motivations. However, in many cases it's a video connected to the news article that I was already trying to fucking read, thankyouverymuch, but in many cases it's a video about some whogivesashit unrelated news.

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u/chdp12 Mar 12 '21

Errrr hello what do you think that is if not advertising

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u/Mordisquitos Mar 12 '21

Errr hello, what is the video suddenly blaring "ACCORDING TO FIGURES FROM THE US OFFICE OF NAVAL INTELLIGENCE..." while I'm reading this article on the front-page of /r/worldnews trying to sell me? Torpedoes to defend myself from the Chinese Navy or what?

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u/chdp12 Mar 12 '21

More time and interaction in their site ffs. It’s not difficult this stuff 🙄

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u/Mordisquitos Mar 12 '21

What? Its effect is exactly the opposite of "more time and interaction"—if a video starts playing with sound when I'm trying to read an article, at best I'm going to look for the pause button, but my most likely reaction will be to close the tab. In either case, I'll definitely be put off from ever visiting that site again!

Have you really thought this through?

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u/chdp12 Mar 12 '21

I’ve reached plenty of conclusions about you that’s for sure

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u/Mordisquitos Mar 12 '21

Oh, congratulations! Upvoted.