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No I won't feel bad about having ad blockers (lemmy.world)
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[–] killeronthecorner@lemmy.world 24 points 2 years ago (3 children)

There were less than 200 websites in 1993 when the first paid ad was introduced shortly thereafter. There were over 100k websites by the end of 1995.

So you're kind of right, but ads have been part of the Internet for 30 years. And half of the internet that we know today wouldn't have survived if this wasn't the case.

[–] sxan@midwest.social 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Half of he internet is shit, so - again - I personally would not lament its loss. My mom, who lives in games like Farmville these days, probably would, but she'd probably be healthier and happier if she took up knitting again.

[–] killeronthecorner@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

I concur. There's a sweet spot for ads where they are mostly tolerable. We haven't been in it for a long time though.

[–] Geek_King@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

I think the difference was, they were just side banners and that's it. They didn't have all this insane tracking, data analysis, metrics, and knowing everything about you bullshit they do now.

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

So you're kind of right, but ads have been part of the Internet for 30 years.

And so have been adblockers.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_blocking