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Seems like adblock got a new entry in the list. Seriously guys, aren't there any alternatives to ads? I just used a PC without adblock yesterday and the browsing experience was horrible. Popups, which hide the content and have no close button(appears after 10 seconds), blinking ads, flash ads and other colorful ads. I'd never buy any product just because it was advertised somewhere. Thats the reason why I still stick with adblock and noscript!

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> I just used a PC without adblock yesterday and the browsing experience was horrible. Popups, which hide the content and have no close button(appears after 10 seconds), blinking ads, flash ads and other colorful ads.

Exaggerate much?

How much horrible would the "browsing experience" be without the sites to which you "browsed" since advertising is _currently_the_only_monetization_model available to online publishers wishing to provide free content?

But seriously, your gross-exaggeration is in-line with every other slashdot refugee I've seen. The truth is very different (unless you've visiting dodgy sites), I've never browsed with an ad-blocker as I feel ads are a fair exchange for the efforts of those trying to provide free content. And, I've never had the experience you're attempting to pass as reality.

Just sayin'

What made you decide to buy your current brand of toothpaste ?

My family has used Colgate toothpaste since the 60's. Do you really look to advertising to decide on toothpaste choices?

Is advertising any worse than blindly accepting what you've "always done" ?

That's like people voting for one party because their parents voted for the party.

Slightly OT, but there are many different layers to advertising. We do CPA - which means you don't earn without performing an action (normally buying something). But your family probably uses Colgate because of brand awareness advertising.

When you are faced with a choice of items for the first time, all those billboards, TV ads, product placements and so on are all subconsciously recalled and push you towards a decision.

Why did they choose to use Colgate over the other brands ?

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