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[–] [email protected] 50 points 2 months ago (6 children)

I remember life without adblockers. Back when they were not needed, because web sited did not have ads.

[–] [email protected] 55 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago

Those were one of the later plagues, too.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I, too, have a sore back when I awake.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago (4 children)

did you use the internet in '92 or something? because even in mid to late 90s the ads were so cancerous that pop-up blocking eventually became a standard feature of browsers before ad blockers were even a thing.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago

My first contact with the web (I had been in the internet for some time already) was when a collegue at university told me about the Arena browser, and this new system, "like Gopher, but with Hypertext and pictures". And yes, I've seen the CERN website, served from Tim Barners-Lee's NeXT cube, too.

So yes, I knew the web before there were ads, the internet when services were normally open to all sides, and when people on the internet that were actually much smarter than average.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

Seriously. Someone never clicked on the "you are an idiot" popup that auto-played music, moved around the screen, prevented task manager from opening and cloned itself if it was closed.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Up to early 00' most webs didn't really have many ads. Some may have abusive advertisement but it wasn't everywhere like now.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

intensifies<\blink>

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The installers for every major software company riddled every single computer with adware. And you needed a compsci degree to get rid of it. Weren’t there lawsuits over that shit, that led to regulations? I remember that happening. It’s not like they were going to stop doing that of their own accord.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

oh yeah there was all that bs too. oh the toolbars!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Ah yes, the less than three years before banner ads showed up, and exploded, everywhere

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

At least those were a) just banner ads and b) not as annoying as modern JS/HTML5/popup/popover ads are. You just scrolled down a few pixel, and had 100% information.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Yes we had 3 more years where numerous other variants of things like pop-up/under ads, ads that ran malicious java script, infinitely self-replicating pop-ups, ads that instantly played music at full volume, ads that kept opening themselves again as you closed them, and so on.

Basically, the time when ads were not super intrusive, on the web, was a fleeting time, in its infancy. Didn't even make it 6 years before ad blockers were required to safely use the web.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I remember when I first noticed YouTube had ads. They've had them a while but before they got ads I had installed an ad blocker. So when I was setting up a new laptop and just testing if everything worked I loaded up a YouTube video and suddenly there was a pre roll playing and I wondered "What the fuck is this ... Ah yes still need to install an ad blocker"

Edit: Toni? Who the fuck is he? ;)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Man, took me too long to figure out who Toni is.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

lol. Autocorrect

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

FDunny, though, that I only know Pepperidge Farm from memes. I assume that is/was an American brand, right?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Thanks! Now I know what that meme is about.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

You are welcome. They did those ads from like the mid 80s until the late 90s or early 2000s.