So it's coming to this ....
The ad "industry" is bleating that blockers are "Stealing" it's lunch.
The said industry is serving more and more intrusive ads.
Worse, far, far worse the said industry is serving an increasing amount of malware.
The said "industry" couldn't give a flying ****.
By the most effective form of advertising - word of mouth - everyone is beginning to get the message that ad blockers are becoming as essential (if not more) than av.
So fewer and fewer visitors will see the ads and their revenue stream will fall drastically
Soon, pretty soon two things may start to happen:
(a). The reputational damage of being associated with ad slinging scum (I'm feeling charitable today) and the decreasing advertising value will mean that companies will begin to look for other ways to advertise online.
(b). Reputable online sites that depend on advertising will notice the same thing and arrange to serve ads locally off their own servers, hopefully having thoroughly vetted them first as there will now be a direct line of liability.
Until the next round in this war of wackamole with the scumbags who infest the net.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
