Open iPhone - high rate of advertising noise. Often have to refresh just to see a glimpse of content. As for ads, “Who buys this bovine product?” Closed MacBook - not even noticed amongst the sadly misinformed, usual suspects and Prius Friends. Bob Wilson
meh. Ask all of the former WaPo employees how THEY feel about ad blockers. Back when they (and other) fish wrappers were relevant, I used to be able to 'scroll' past all of the ads and classifieds with the greatest of ease to get to the stories I was interested in. As recently as a few years ago we used to PAY for the privilege to do so. If PC can get a few pennies for ads, I'm here for it! It lowers my subscription costs and I've found that if I click on the right ads (Harbor Freight, Digi-Key, Academy Sports) I actually get ads I might sometimes be interested in.
For me, the LA Times, Washington Post, and New York Times began to salt too many stories with abysmal engineering ignorance. Like you, the huge screen estate of paper made it easy to balance ads with information. Today, we are our own editorial boards so we pick and choose where to get our news. I still pay for The Guardian since their price-performance does not make me feel like I am paying to be lied to. Not perfect but it only has to be ‘less bad’ than the alternatives. Mostly I surf YouTube with paid service and subscribe to a few channels and Patrion support a couple more. Bob Wilson
I run ad blockers, antivirus, and vpn on all my machines. The new thing is your local store app (ie. ebay, costco, sam's club) throwing ads and ringing your phone. You need to go in an opt-out of that in those apps. A minor pain in my behind and I've removed some apps, if they ignore the opt-out request.
