Ads are killing the internet!!!!

[Theclamshell]

The title of this thread should really be "Flash is killing the Internet". It's the biggest piece of **** ever created. I wouldn't surf the net without AdBlock and NoScript. Those two extensions make the net a lot more usable.

LOL and yea flash is what chews up your cpu, hence the older computers choking on all the flash its pathetic

 

[Jeanbon]

i disagree. ads are what makes the internet grow.

ppl launch websites and work hard on them cos they would like to make some money. if the websites cant make money they will close and webmasters will go get a job at the macdonalds and we will revert to the boring ignorant era of tv where everything is controlled by mega-corporations that brainwash the peoples mind...

 

[rdowty]

If it weren't for ads the internet today would be radically different. I agree they're annoying and I really wish you could opt out and pay a fee in some cases. The overuse of ads is also troubling.

Every web site you view takes someone time to create and unless the site itsself is a giant ad for a company or product there's no financial incentive for someone to create it unless there's an ad revenue. There's also the cost of hosting, bandwidth and hardware. If there were no ad's at that would be left would be online stores, company presence websites and politicians websites. All the news sites would be charging a fee like a magazine.

 

[0098386]

^ Thing is free newspapers, paid newspapers, paid magazines all have adverts in too. There's no escape no matter how much you pay.

LOL and yea flash is what chews up your cpu, hence the older computers choking on all the flash its pathetic

Absolutely. On my 1.5Ghz Powerbook everytime a flash object appeared on a site the fans would kick in. You really couldn't watch Youtube on it.
And stuff like that means I need to recharge more or use up more power when plugged in - therefore costing me money. I think not! <ad voice>Which is why I use Adblock Plus!

But seriously. Ads suck. I record all my TV and watch it 10 or so minutes after the show has started so I can just fast forward through adverts.

 

[anthemus]

This Space for Rent.



Seriously if there weren't advertisers on the net you would have to pay to see every site. Just like television, the net is mostly run by advertisers and subscribers.

 

[dmmcintyre3]

i wish i had the skill to make a browser with all those included like an adblocking browser, that would be awseome!

OMNIweb has a ad blocker built in and internet exploder does too (you just have to play with IE to get it to load on startup and add the adblock lists

CPALead is horrible. Cannot get rid of it without closing the page. Who would use such a bad "ad" service. It's more like a "I will let you read my site, but you must read 3 others first" type thing "or pay to get past me."

They use this to redirect you when you don't have javascript on

<noscript><META http-equiv="refresh" content="0;URL=http://cpalead.com/nojava.php"></noscript>

EDIT: Bypass instructions for cpalead: http://1.00.im/170

 

[Apple Genius]

I hate what the internets have become. Can we start over? Will you help me?

I'm branching off: https://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?p=8778281

 

[Apple Genius]

i disagree. ads are what makes the internet grow.

ppl...

I stopped reading at "ppl".

 

[neiltc13]

Flash is fine on Windows. I guess that means we all know what the problem is here.

 

[GSMiller]

The ads wouldn't be so bad most of the time if they were just better implemented. Flash is way overdone in ads nowadays, half of the time a simple .gif file would do. Whenever I install a fresh copy of Windows through Boot Camp or Parallels, I always hold out as long as possible on installing Flash Player so the ads won't play while I'm surfing the internet.

 

[Hellhammer]

Anybody ever heard of adblocker?

 

[Shadow]

You could also try GlimmerBlocker, I've had better results than with SafariBlock and it works on your entire machine (which means Firefox, Camino, Opera, Chrome etc) instead of just Safari. Plus, it doesn't bork with each Safari update.

 

[Bennieboy©]

totally agree with the OP, ad's are a headache, i hate them, if someone wants something then google is there for a reason, wish they stop with whoring our bandwidth trying to peddle crap.

 

[dmmcintyre3]

I don't mind a simple text ad here and there. But what is the worst is when I go to a "Low End" Mac site (EX: PPC G4 and under) and see 3 flash ads and then those stupid mouseover things with more flash in it I just hate it. 100% CPU = Flash or AppleVNCServer on my PB G4.

links where I click them and it redirects me to the actual product while paying the site owner are nice too. Site owner gets paid but the user never sees an ad at all

totally agree with the OP, ad's are a (literal) headache, i hate them, if someone wants something then google is there for a reason, wish they stop with whoring our bandwidth trying to peddle crap.

(Bold = ME)