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Many were desensitized by the early, totally unmoderated internet.
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You also never clicked an advert or used your real name.
Please tell me that people aren't clicking ads...
Enough are doing it that it's still profitable. Last estimates I saw were 10% who saw an ad clicked one, and 10% of those who clicked bought what they saw
1% of ad views result in a sale? That seems implausible
I can't believe people don't figure out the 30 seconds of looking it up it takes to not see ads. Worse, some people get confused at why the page looks different if you install them a blocker.
I sometimes do it if it's a company I really dislike. Then I immediately click back, happy in the knowledge that my brief action probably cost that company a tiny bit of money.
(Side note: I'm an early Internet user.)
Are you one of those people that returned empty prepaid junk mail flyers? ;)
Every time! I usually filled the envelope with whatever other rubbish I could fit in it too.
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Excellent!
From an actual conversation I had once:
"What's your problem with adds, I love them. They always recommend things I could actually use. It's genuinely a great way for me to learn about new products or services."
Do we know the same people? I asked the two who said this if they actually click on the ads and buy something. You can imagine my horror when they said yes. Meanwhile, I have a Pihole on my network and uBlock on every single browser.
The average person has magic black rectangle for worldwide interaction. That's the extent of their knowledge, cookies are a foreign concept if they don't come straight out of the oven
Sure. Fundamentally, this is what ads should do. The problem comes from how intrusive they are in pushing their propaganda. And now they’re literally everywhere.
I remember back in the day before browser tabs when sites would open new windows for ads. And sometimes those ads would open more windows for ads. And some of those windows had sound, or porn, or both. Worse yet, some would open off screen so you couldn’t easily close them. That’s where the term “pop-up” came from in pop-up blockers.
~Talk about whack-a-mole.~
Even Youtube is filled with scam ads, trusting ads to deliver you worthwhile results is like trusting Facebook not to sell your data to the highest bidder.