Facebook is going to start forcing ads to appear for all users of its desktop website, even if they use ad-blocking software. The social network said on Tuesday that it will change the way advertising is loaded into its desktop website to make its ad units considerably more difficult for ad blockers to detect. “Facebook is ad-supported. Ads are a part of the Facebook experience; they’re not a tack on,” said Andrew “Boz” Bosworth, vice president of Facebook’s ads and business platform.
Source: The Wall Street Journal
(Score: 2) by mendax on Wednesday August 10 2016, @08:12PM
No argument here with your assessment. What I object to is how the Facebook talking head called advertising part of the experience, as if being exposed to advertising is pleasant. Most of the time it's not. Supposedly, when the 1970's miniseries "Roots" was broadcast, the people at water companies around the country knew when the commercial breaks were on because the water pressure dropped. And how many times have we heard of advertisers trying to get technology implemented in DVRs so we can't fast-forward over the commercials?
It's really quite a simple choice: Life, Death, or Los Angeles.