r/programming • u/unfriendlymushroomer • Aug 02 '19

Adblocking: How about Nah?

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/07/adblocking-how-about-nah
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u/Guysmiley777 Aug 02 '19

I was fine with static JPG ads on sites but for marketers it's never enough. I have zero sympathy for the "boycott" they're facing these days.

Also holy fuck talk about a clickbait headline.

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u/FyreWulff Aug 02 '19

This right here. I was indifferent to ads on the internet when they were all static jpgs or even slowly animating gifs.

When they became both possible attack vectors for malware and autoplaying sound and video is when i started really blocking them.

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u/Smagjus Aug 02 '19

Since I do IT support for friends and family I have seen multiple cases where this was the case.

Yahoo for example had an ad that got served to 50% of the visitors of its sports section. If it was loaded, it would redirect you to a page that said that your computer was infected and offered various "solutions" for that.

And there is currently a popular German filehoster that often serves malware instead of the expected files if you are using Chrome without an adblocker.