There's another forum I used to frequent, that went this route. I stopped using that forum solely because of the obnoxious levels of advertising that began when they fell under new ownership.
That's the one. It has a significant rate of false positives and false negatives, so fingers crossed that it turns out to be nothing.
I was buying them 4 at a time at dollar tree. The last time though, I bought a package of 3 for about $10 from somewhere else. They've lasted so much longer than the $1.50/pair glasses that I won't be buying them from $Tree any longer.
Ad/popup blockers are a wonderful thing.
Often, yes. Other times, they block desired functionality.
It's not the cable/satellite companies who are the culprits here but the content providers who insist on programming bundles. I believe it's advertising-related. If a lot of their channels are subscribed to by a large audience, they can charge more for ads, even though few people see them on the less popular channels. Ever notice that everyone seems to have the same selection of channels? It sucks, but the providers seem to be holding all the cards.
Exactly. The cable providers would love to sell you just the channels you want, these bundling requirements are precisely what's driving their customers away, and toward streaming services! But the content providers have them by the short and curlies!
I get it, web hosting isn't free and ads pay the costs. But do these ads really need to be so obnoxious and in your face? There's really no excuse for popup ads or highly animated ones. Don't the advertisers and/or the 3rd party companies that insert these ads realize that? Is there so little money to be made with web advertising that webmasters have to take whatever revenue they can get? When the ads detract from the content, everyone loses.
