I find it odd how vocal and numerous the ad blocker users are on HN. You "have to" install it because the ad are so annoying? How have you coped with TV advertising, or magazine advertising?
Simple - I don't watch scheduled TV (I either record it or watch it online via Hulu/Netflix/etc.) and magazine ads don't bother me because I can simply leaf through them. And, also, I don't read magazines that have too many random ads. Those that I do read either have relevant ads or have them nicely segregated so they don't bother me. I never saw a magazine that has an ad with auto-play video, high-frequency animations, auto-play sound or is placed in a way that makes other content unaccessible until I spend several minutes on it.
I don't know what I would do if I didn't have the modern options. Switch to DVD/reading books probably - that's what I did before I had DVR and online streaming.
I know that many sites rely on ads for their income stream. I do not feel an obligation to sacrifice my psychological well-being in order to make that model succeed. Fortunately, they seem to be doing just fine without me.
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I find it odd how vocal and numerous the ad blocker users are on HN. You "have to" install it because the ad are so annoying? How have you coped with TV advertising, or magazine advertising?
Simple - I don't watch scheduled TV (I either record it or watch it online via Hulu/Netflix/etc.) and magazine ads don't bother me because I can simply leaf through them. And, also, I don't read magazines that have too many random ads. Those that I do read either have relevant ads or have them nicely segregated so they don't bother me. I never saw a magazine that has an ad with auto-play video, high-frequency animations, auto-play sound or is placed in a way that makes other content unaccessible until I spend several minutes on it.
I don't know what I would do if I didn't have the modern options. Switch to DVD/reading books probably - that's what I did before I had DVR and online streaming.
I know that many sites rely on ads for their income stream. I do not feel an obligation to sacrifice my psychological well-being in order to make that model succeed. Fortunately, they seem to be doing just fine without me.
If you don't watch TV or read magazines and block online ads, you will start to find ads annoying as well. I can't stand TV.