Wherever I go, I often see the sentiment “This website has ads, so it’s trash” pop up in conversations. And honestly I don’t quite get why. 90% of the internet has always had ads, you just scroll past them and mind your business. At least they’re personalized now so you can pick a topic you like instead of diapers and miscellanous spammy trash as there once were.
If I told you that you could see a movie for free, but every 20 minutes or so we’d pause the movie and slap you with a fish, would that be okay?
Would it be better if we analyzed your website usage to choose the specific kind of fish that you’d prefer to be slapped with, would that be okay?
That’s what ads feel like. I hate them, and I’ve almost entirely eliminated them from my life.