imagine how much faster the Web would be…

by MaryAnn Johanson
4 comments

…if we weren’t always waiting for ads to load.

(singing)
Imagine there’s no adverts / It’s easy if you try / No flashing pitches / No exhortions to buy

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RogerBW
RogerBW
Tue, Apr 30, 2013 1:42pm

There are still people who don’t use ad-blockers?
Wow.

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MaryAnn Johanson
MaryAnn Johanson
reply to  RogerBW
Tue, Apr 30, 2013 7:22pm

Kinda not the point…

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RogerBW
RogerBW
reply to  MaryAnn Johanson
Tue, Apr 30, 2013 7:43pm

Yeah, but it’s dividing the net into classes – if you load the ads you get the slow experience, if you use a blocker you get the fast one.

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MaryAnn Johanson
MaryAnn Johanson
reply to  RogerBW
Tue, Apr 30, 2013 11:05pm

It’s also dividing the Web into those who pay for what they’re consuming (as by seeing ads), and those who don’t.

Ad blockers are part of why ad revenue on the Web is so depressed.

I really am imagining a world without ads, not a way to get around them.

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