I really don't get the hatred for ads -- it's really weird to me. I haven't been bothered by an ad in probably the past 3 years, I can't remember the last autoplaying ad I saw.
I like ads, they make the internet frictionless. I don't need to worry about what I've paid for -- everything just works in return for giving up a little bit of my screen.
I discovered Atlassian through ads and I really like their products, I assume those were targeted -- so if anything I've benefited from tracking.
Maybe I'm a sheep, but I like easy - and I like that the people providing me with articles, how-tos, etc get paid for doing that. I have yet to see a viable alternative to ads for a low friction internet -- people using adblock are, in my opinion, bringing us closer to the tiered internet than cable mergers ever will.
I like ads, they make the internet frictionless. I don't need to worry about what I've paid for -- everything just works in return for giving up a little bit of my screen.
I discovered Atlassian through ads and I really like their products, I assume those were targeted -- so if anything I've benefited from tracking.
Maybe I'm a sheep, but I like easy - and I like that the people providing me with articles, how-tos, etc get paid for doing that. I have yet to see a viable alternative to ads for a low friction internet -- people using adblock are, in my opinion, bringing us closer to the tiered internet than cable mergers ever will.