The ads are of the form "Imagine yourself at <Company Name>". Ublock Origin does not catch those ads.
What do you think about it?
1) use noise or motion to catch your attention, or
2) have nothing to do with the site you're on (spammy), or
3) use sexual imagery, etc. to try to catch your eye
In other words, ads that try to take me out of the mindset I was in when I went to the webpage. Now, ads for developers, at Stack Overflow, might not be exactly what I was looking for, but it's honestly not that far off. I don't mind well-targeted ads, because every once in a while they're useful. I object to ads which are the equivalent of Viagra emails, which is what most ad-driven sites have (ok not literally Viagra ads, but close).
Personally, I am not a fan of these ads because their frequency depends on who's willing to pay the most. Also, ads mean that not they are actively looking for revenue. So it's just a matter of time before more things change towards data collection, ads and revenue generation.
It’s simple, at least for me: block the garbage if I can, forgo the site entirely if I can’t. And if I can’t, that means the vast majority of their users are having the same problem and will be similarly fed up.
I hope the new guys are smart enough to realize that alienating the community they just bought is not the best way to manage an investment.
And stackoverflow is so important that it's impossible to not use it. I am just hoping that someone improves ublock origin to catch these ads
I've seen ads on SO for at least the last 12 months (in Australia).