SaftyKuma , 1 month ago

@parismarx

I'd actually be OK with ads so long as they:

1. Do not interrupt the content and are unintrusive.

2. Do not masquerade as actual content.

3. Are relevant to the content.

4. Do not track / identify.

5. Do not play sounds / video.

(4 + 5: Basically context-based ads rather than user-tracking ads).

Old school (pre-Flash) ad banners and Project Wonderful style ads were generally OK/unintrusive. Not worth blocking and, sometimes, actually presented something I'd be interested in.