If their "monetization strategy" is so annoying (or insecure, which is another legitimate reason to block ad networks) that you're disabl...
If their "monetization strategy" is so annoying (or insecure, which is another legitimate reason to block ad networks) that you're disabling parts of your browser to work around it, then their business model is broken and you shouldn't feel bad about it. Wired in particular has a print magazine which is mostly funded by print ads, and they are owned by Advance Publications which did $8B in revenue last year so I wouldn't worry about them too much.
Posted by sp332 on Jun 19, 2015, 5:15 PM
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When ads are inevitably folded into the prompts to the AI, I imagine it'll be fun for a bit to prompt the AI to react with disgust to the...
My Thoughts on the Current State (Especially Quality Issues) and Future Development of Bun
This is why I build static astro sites now for marketing and blog type pages.
os: Setenv leads to SIGSEGV with GODEBUG=netdns=cgo, and other uses of cgo
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I completely understand why people use Adblock - it improves the user experience.
If their "monetization strategy" is so annoying (or insecure, which is another legitimate reason to block ad networks) that you're disabl...
If their "monetization strategy" is so annoying (or insecure, which is another legitimate reason to block ad networks) that you're disabling parts of your browser to work around it, then their business model is broken and you shouldn't feel bad about it. Wired in particular has a print magazine which is mostly funded by print ads, and they are owned by Advance Publications which did $8B in revenue last year so I wouldn't worry about them too much.
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