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		curiousjorge on Sept 19, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ad Blocking Irony I think we are witnessing an industry being phased out. Ads to power your free mobile app or websites? Ads that slowly overtime have become more aggressive, in your face because advertisers 'dont know why ppl wont click on my poker site ad'. uBlock is such a sweet sweet slap in the face of such advertisers. I'd love to see small text ads that are relevant to my search or content. Giant banner with flash and won't disappear? Forget about it.

manigandham on Sept 20, 2015 [–]

Ad industry is definitely not getting "phased out".

curiousjorge on Sept 20, 2015 | [–]

I take it that you aren't in the industry.

manigandham on Sept 20, 2015 | | [–]

I am. I've built 2 ad platforms from scratch and now on my 3rd building both the tech and company this time.

There's a lot of complexity to this industry and it certainly isn't anywhere close to dying.

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