Monday, July 14, 2008

Ugh, Ads

I'm not entirely sure when this happened. It used to be, from my memory, that loading pages took forever. I think it was because the modems were so slow. Lately, it seems like internet ads take FOREVER. I remember hearing all the kvetching about download speed, about trying to open pages.

Now, what I notice is that it takes 40 years to open a page, if only because there are 75 ad pages that have to load before you can see the actual content of the page.
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How did this happen? How did we move from "ads are evil" to "ads are expected"? It is endlessly frustrating, if only for the way I have to deal with them.

If I am able to delete the history, it means I have to remember every damn password I have.

Also, when did "free" become "ad-content"? Isn't anyone else annoyed by this? I think it's part of the reason my machine is uber-cranky.

Ideas?

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