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The Atlantic has posted an interesting article on internet advertising calling it The Internet's Original Sin. Written by Ethan Zuckerman, who worked at Tripod during the birth of online ads, the article does a good job identifying the issues with relying on ads as the primary source of funding behind the internet. Ethan also speculates on some possible solutions to the problem—which mostly lean toward subscriptions as funding.
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Advertising: the Internet's Original Sin
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Don't tell any big lies today. Small ones can be just as effective.
(Score: 1) by GWRedDragon on Tuesday August 19 2014, @03:58AM
Yeah, I don't get how an ad can be 'unblockable.' It is the same sort of problem as creating a new type of captcha: you can't have any sort of template, because as soon as you do the template can be recognized.
The only ways an ad could be unblockable would be if nearly every one were of a different form, or if the browser was DRM'd*.
*This would of course just make them unblockable in the legal sense, in the US.
[Insert witty message here]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 19 2014, @04:39AM
Years and years ago I used to use Juno to have an email address and internet access.
It was TERRIBLE...barely usable at all!
Ads were 'everywhere' in the programs GUI! The MAJOR offender was a floating 'adbar' that took up a sizable chunk of your desktop when you were online and could surf the internet. It ALWAYS stayed in full view on your desktop and COULD NOT be moved 'offscreen'! (>_<);;;
I am SO glad I don't use Juno anymore!!!
Read more about them if you want....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juno_Online_Services [wikipedia.org]