I would permit some advertising, if 1) It didn't "move around" and try to distract me; 2) It wasn't a potential vector for malicious technical endeavors (meaning, as opposed to advertisements for crap/exploitative products).
Every time I read about another ad network vector for malicious behavior, my current position is reinforced. I feel some guilt about this, with respect to sites I like, but it doesn't override my need for "safe computing".
So... if you want your advertising to get onto my system, improve your fucking product!
Back when "the Web was young", I permitted advertising, and I actually encountered a number of interesting and useful products via it. That was also a time when the "Web" community was a lot smaller, and particularly technology-oriented advertising has a significantly higher chance of being on-target with respect at least to me as audience.
Then ads starting moving, shouting, and playing bad sets. And then came the malware. That was it, for me.
Clean up your act, and I might let you back.
Sooner or later, someone is going to figure this out.
Every time I read about another ad network vector for malicious behavior, my current position is reinforced. I feel some guilt about this, with respect to sites I like, but it doesn't override my need for "safe computing".
So... if you want your advertising to get onto my system, improve your fucking product!
Back when "the Web was young", I permitted advertising, and I actually encountered a number of interesting and useful products via it. That was also a time when the "Web" community was a lot smaller, and particularly technology-oriented advertising has a significantly higher chance of being on-target with respect at least to me as audience.
Then ads starting moving, shouting, and playing bad sets. And then came the malware. That was it, for me.
Clean up your act, and I might let you back.
Sooner or later, someone is going to figure this out.