I recently, foolishly, and for reasons that now escape me, bathed in the stroboscopic glow of the un-adblocked Daily Mail. It’s like they just took a bag full of flashing random crap, shook it up, then threw it at the screen. I’m not at all convinced that advertising is a viable model for internet use. It feels much more intrusive and aggravating than print or TV ads. Partly, I suppose, because it’s happening on your device. Maybe it’s just me, but I find myself repelled by it, and sites that use it, quite emphatically. I’ve stopped counting the sites I’ll no longer visit because they insist on the reader deactivating their adblocker, resulting in an insulting, actively hostile, all but unusable experience.
David Thompson, commenting on “Scenes from Woketopia”, davidthompson.com, 2020-06-23.
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Comment by Dave — August 3, 2025 @ 04:31
they insist on the reader deactivating their adblocker,
What I find interesting is that they know an adblocker is running. What sort of stupid adblocker allows itself to be discovered? It’s not for the technical faint-of-heart, but PiHole is an amazing tool.
Comment by markedup — August 4, 2025 @ 11:45