I use my computers to maintain my website, a genealogical one for my county. I don't need extra stuff to use up my computer's memory, just to keep advertisers (which I don't have on my site) at bay.

Also, a site like DU is not loading the Ads from DU's servers. The ads are being pulled from google's servers, which are probably faster than servers DU has, so they load first. And if you have seen it recently, it pulls from the cache on your computer, which is very very fast.

and not complain.
There's an option out there to eliminate ads, and you refuse to use it.
That's your choice, and you are free to do that with your property, but it makes little sense to complain about something when there are options out there.

C'mon...your options for blocking these ads on sites which you say you've paid for (huh? Like DU, most sites eliminate the ads once you pay them. If you don't pay them directly, you pay via advertising. It's a simple concept. If you don't like the ads, use an ad blocker. Unless you purchased the bottom-of-the-line stripped Walmart PC, you're computer has enough memory to run ad block.

pay for and use should load the ads after the content I went to a site to see, not before.

I'm run a website, and 100% of my revenue from that site is on ads. I don't make a ton of money, but I put time and effort into the site, and I would like to be compensated for it.

In the past Ive blocked people with ad block plus from loading the site. Instead it redirected them to a page explaining that I rely on ad revenue, and if the revenue stopped, I would be forced to shut the site down. I only left that page up for a week, just to educate some people. Its easy to complain about ads, and some are annoying, but without them, there would be far less content available.

and, depending on the site, I sometimes turn AdBlock off. But I like having an option and will continue to use AdBlock.

and script blockers too to get around paywalls.

unlimited space, unlimited bandwidth.
My content is free to users.

It's always thus for those with money. Ask Congress, the Courts or the Executive.

so they shouldn't get the right of way. They can load while I'm reading what I want to read and not be in my face. Also that line of facebook stuff that started up not long ago takes time to load also. That can load AFTER I get the content I'm looking for.

...are doing their damndest to transform the one remaining bastion of Democracy -- the Internet -- into another pay-to-play scheme.

They may still succeed.

awesome LOL

Didn't know that.

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I have all the ad blockers and popup blockers and script killers known to man and the Internet still seems to be headed for a trickle as they continue to push more and more in-your-face advertising. If somebody stood next to you and aggressively pushed ads in your face all day, you'd call the cops and have them arrested as a public nuisance.

Nearly all sites rely on ad revenue to exist. Without it you would have actually pay each site to view their content.

Here on DU, if you don't want to see ads, pay for it.

I was having a terrible time getting to see content without it. At times I release restrictions to see something temporarily only to find it won't load for the ads. So I recycle and let NoScript do its job.

Yes, it's an Add-on but it's free. What we have to remember is that we DO NOT own the net. It is owned by commercial entities and they could care less about your or my concerns. Until we can afford to set up a portal on the web, complaining won't do a thing except vent hot air. And they know that, too.

The principle you may be for is to have a free and open net that is kept way by government. That requires tax money and political will to create. It is not there.



Sorry you're inconvenienced, but that 'ownership' society goes both way. We play on the owners' turf at their pleasure.

Respect that. It's getting harder and harder as time goes by.