Comment by DoodleBuggy | Hacker News Reader

Comment by DoodleBuggy | Hacker News Reader

Hmmm... the headline is succinct and probably is satisfactory to summarize the entire article, but let's see if there is some deeper data or meaningful insight!

* Clicked link to read article

* Immediately overwhelmed by fullscreen overlay ad

* Closed fullscreen overlay ad to attempt to read article

* Immediately assaulted by blasting volume autoplay video ad

* Rather than read article, scroll around and attempt to quickly locate blasting volume autoplay video ad to mute or stop

* Unable to quickly find and mute the blasting autoplay nuisance ad, instead decide to close the browser tab without reading even a word of the article

* Remembered to enable adblock in Canary

What a great web experience!

That's why my adblock is always on.

Typical progression for me:

Adblock auto-enabled => I like this site, I think I'll disable adblock to support the creator => Autoplay video ad blasting || ad displays over content || full screen ad appears without a clear exit => Adblock auto-enabled

It used to be the same for me, now I just pay for the 5-10 quality sites that I read often enough for me to miss them if they stop existing.

I get it and use an adblocker to fight off the more egregious ads (autoplay, overlays, popups, etc), but most websites are ad supported and I don't have an issue with standard banners.

The irony seems to be that ad companies are overcompensating for adblockers by offering more intrusive ads, which then inspires more adblocking, which then inspires even more intrusive ads, and the cycle repeatedly escalates.

You can mute all sound coming from a tab. Right click the tab and select "Mute tab".

I run Umatrix where I disable Javascript by default and allow portions on approved sites, BGR doesn't require Javascript to display the articles so no issue reading here, but I do agree that many sites are just horrible at launch ad placement.

I did not have any of these problems using ublock origin.

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