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YouTube runs experiment addressing users with ad blocker
madires:
--- Quote from: ConKbot on October 13, 2023, 07:27:08 pm ---My main thing is the ads I see when I listen to an occasional video on phone so ads aren't blocked, they are mostly scam/ripoff stuff.
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It depends on which target groups where selected by the advertiser. When I turn off uBlock I get the same stupid ads over and over again, quite monotonous. It's even worse than commercial TV.
David Hess:
Ads when I get them have almost never been relevant.
I have noticed that the latest browser features allow apparently unblockable ads, and like on smartphones, they are getting better about hiding the close button. I have had ads on Chrome on my smartphone which I could not close, and had to close Chrome or even reset my phone to get rid of them. Of course Google's business is ads and I sure do not use their browser on my desktop; Microsoft Edge is bad enough.
And then of course there are companies like AT&T placing ads into their services. When I make a phone call, I expect to connect to the person I called, and not to an ad for AT&T's services before my call is connected.
tggzzz:
--- Quote from: David Hess on October 14, 2023, 12:33:42 pm ---I have noticed that the latest browser features allow apparently unblockable ads, and like on smartphones, they are getting better about hiding the close button. I have had ads on Chrome on my smartphone which I could not close, and had to close Chrome or even reset my phone to get rid of them. Of course Google's business is ads and I sure so not use their browser on my desktop; Microsoft Edge is bad enough.
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ISTR some ISPs in the US are using deep packet inspection to change what your browser receives and displays.
Yet another reason not to use smartphones.
Gurgle is continuing to try to deprecate URLs, and next year will remove the HTML interface to gmail. Nothing said about IMAP/POP, AFAIK; presumably too small a proportion or they realise those users do have a clue.
--- Quote ---And then of course there are companies like AT&T placing ads into their services. When I make a phone call, I expect to connect to the person I called, and not to an ad for AT&T's services before my call is connected.
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Oh. Good. Grief. That would make me change phone company, pronto.
Just what you want when your call is "can you come round, I've fallen", or similar.
tom66:
Ads on mobile make many websites almost unusable; try visiting news websites for instance. The small screen is taken up 1/3rds by ads. Then there's the obligatory "you want cookies?" notification in the EU, and the random popup, and the begging to turn notifications on... My god it's unbearable sometimes, I wonder if any of the developers of these websites actually use them on mobile.
madires:
--- Quote from: David Hess on October 14, 2023, 12:33:42 pm ---And then of course there are companies like AT&T placing ads into their services. When I make a phone call, I expect to connect to the person I called, and not to an ad for AT&T's services before my call is connected.
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In that case the call should be free of charge. Anyway, it doesn't surprise me (based on my professional experience with them).
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