tvisland
12-09-2001, 03:35 AM
Recently I see a lot of surfers Cruising around with this software that is designed
to eliminate All forms of advertising from websites. It reads pages omitting any reference to commercialism removing banners, pictures, external links. Anything and Everything the software perceives as advertisement. This may sound great at first cause we have all seen our share of ads BUT...
Many great "content" sites Can entertain us Because of the ads without them they couldn't afford to stay in business.
It's like TV.
I mean someone has to pay the bills nothing is free. even PBS needs money.
Or else you must subscribe to cable.
So the same thing Is coming to the net "Content" websites will soon have to make the user pay for their entertainment
all because of a few surfers obsessed with not having to see ads on websites. They will ruin it for the rest of us
isn't it always the case ... Some will say that there is a question of privacy involved well those are pretty naive
there is no such thing as total privacy on the net HELLO? if you want to be private do like Robinson Crusoe
Move to a remote Island, cause those who think they can cloak their surfing are fooling themselves mark my words "THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS CLOAKED SURFING". If you are concerned with privacy then Clean your computer on a regular basis of things such as "harmful Cookies" cause a lot of them are actually very useful, and look for spyware the kind that lets advertisers know what you like to look at...
Many websites like cnet and zdnet are loaded with those kinds of anti spy software i.e.; Ad Aware etc.
But when you go around removing all forms of ads from websites you are contributing to a change that will be even worst then the ads think about it.
to eliminate All forms of advertising from websites. It reads pages omitting any reference to commercialism removing banners, pictures, external links. Anything and Everything the software perceives as advertisement. This may sound great at first cause we have all seen our share of ads BUT...
Many great "content" sites Can entertain us Because of the ads without them they couldn't afford to stay in business.
It's like TV.
I mean someone has to pay the bills nothing is free. even PBS needs money.
Or else you must subscribe to cable.
So the same thing Is coming to the net "Content" websites will soon have to make the user pay for their entertainment
all because of a few surfers obsessed with not having to see ads on websites. They will ruin it for the rest of us
isn't it always the case ... Some will say that there is a question of privacy involved well those are pretty naive
there is no such thing as total privacy on the net HELLO? if you want to be private do like Robinson Crusoe
Move to a remote Island, cause those who think they can cloak their surfing are fooling themselves mark my words "THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS CLOAKED SURFING". If you are concerned with privacy then Clean your computer on a regular basis of things such as "harmful Cookies" cause a lot of them are actually very useful, and look for spyware the kind that lets advertisers know what you like to look at...
Many websites like cnet and zdnet are loaded with those kinds of anti spy software i.e.; Ad Aware etc.
But when you go around removing all forms of ads from websites you are contributing to a change that will be even worst then the ads think about it.