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Originally Posted by opendoor
I've been using Adblock Plus on my computers for so long I honestly forgot that Google had such annoying ads on their search results.
I don't know why anyone willingly submits themselves to online advertising. The only exceptions I make for the filter are for small sites I like that use ad revenue to keep running.
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Intrusive, in you face ads like pop-ups and those noisy smiley emoticon ads are annoying, but in general, what is wrong with advertising?
All advertising is is someone trying to let you know what stuff is out there. Unless you're trying to make do without stuff, I'd think that being as aware as possible about the great variety of stuff available would be useful when choosing your stuff. And, in particular, targeted ads seem quite useful to me. I've got no problem with
anonymously sharing my stuff preferences so that the advertisers can show me more stuff like the stuff I like and less or no stuff about the stuff I have no interest in or use for. Heck, I routinely see ads for whole categories of stuff that I didn't even know I was missing until I saw the stuff in the ad.