Originally posted by Gatefan1976
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But that isn't the way it works. The advertising industry destroys everything it touches. It's the same attitude shown decades ago in used car and other advertising on TV; the volume was raised during the ads in comparison to the rest of the program. Federal laws (at least in the US) put the kibosh on that, and the ad industry promptly "cheated" to get around it.
The internet equivalent is pop-up ads, pop-under ads, scripts and other crap intended to either trick people into clicking on things by accident, perhaps trying to close the ad, as well as poor policing of the ads themselves, many of which contain malware or scamware intended to trick viewers; computer repair scams and such, as well as ransomware & such. None of which actually accomplish the purpose of ads, increased product sales. All it does is piss people off.
So, the natural and to be expected response on the viewer's part is ad blockers. So the site operators lose money as no one actually sees their ads.
This is an easily solved problem; the ad industry has to learn to behave itself, but it will take a very long time AFTER the industry does change for people to become less cautious. But, when has anyone seen marketing types drop the "piss 'em off enough and they'll buy what I'm selling" mentality? Never.
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