Archivist David Rosenthal asks on his blog, Has Web Advertising Jumped The Shark?.
He points out that there are four big problems with Web advertising as it currently exists: The bad guys love it, the readers hate it, the webmasters hate it too, and the advertisers find that it wastes money. He then goes into detail on each point and concludes that not only does everyone involved hate the system, but that it is causing actual harm to society.
(Score: 2, Interesting) by pTamok on Friday November 24 2017, @01:45PM (1 child)
Online advertising on anything other than your own website should be illegal, and search engines should be forced to operate on a subscription basis - pay per search, or bundles like 'unlimited searches for 1$10 per month'. That would calm things down a bit.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 24 2017, @07:32PM
Fuck no.