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iamfight · 4662 days ago · link · · parent · post: John R. MacArthur: Internet con men ravage publishing
i think youre mixing up your (and for that matter, my) image of "what it should be" with his arguably accutate observations of "what it is". the article was obviously biased, but its description and criticism of the google model, which unfortunately seems to be the standard lately, was relatively accurate; ads on webpages are obnoxious to a fault, and it wasnt always like that. you have to admit, its a valid observation.
and cmon, dont mix my quotes with his in the reply...thats just...misleading?
Hmm. I actually have to disagree strongly with Internet adds on web pages being worse nowadays. Back in the web 1.0 days and before, landing on a web page often meant a cascade of pop ups that often would be coded to be unable to click away, or pop back up when you closed them. In today's world with modern web browsers, I have not had to deal with even a minor instance of that behavior in over 3 or maybe 4 years.
I wasn't trying to mix your quotes up. Sorry if that wasn't clear. I thought I prefaced his quotes clearly and your words are right above for context since i was replying. I was in a bit of a rush when I wrote that though.