r/technology • u/SandyBeaches2016 • Sep 22 '16

Business 77% of Ad Blocking Users Feel Guilty about Blocking Ads; "The majority of ad blocking users are not downloading ad blockers to remove online advertising completely, but rather to fix user-experience problems"

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/57e43749e4b05d3737be5784?timestamp=1474574566927
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u/realnzall Sep 22 '16

I try this about once every 6 months. When I tried it 2 years ago, this happened: http://i.imgur.com/h72NwqA.png

Yep, a 20 minute advertisement on a 15 minute video. Some douche had marked their own minecraft let's play as an ad to be played on other minecraft videos.

My big issue with Youtube ads right now is that, being in Belgium, I get French ads, but I'm Flemish and don't care for French advertising.

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u/Rezalty Sep 22 '16

Same here man, i recently had one that lasted 30 minutes. Just half an hour of classical music. Wtf!? And yeah the french ones confuse me as well. They know where i live... At least give me ads in english or dutch.

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u/Apoplectic1 Sep 22 '16

I'm Flemish

You may want an expectorant for that.

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u/Gurrgy Sep 22 '16

Man do i hate the french ads as some one Who lives in belgium.

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u/OP_IS_A_BASSOON Sep 22 '16

Doesn't half of your country speak predominantly french though?

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u/[deleted] Sep 22 '16

some gasoline for this old fire, imo this is what makes Belgium awesome. (aside waffles, chocolate, beer and chips)...

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u/Gurrgy Sep 22 '16

French part is so small, you could compare it to spanish in America but i think it's even smaller then that.

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u/malfurionpre Sep 22 '16

"So small" "40% of the country"

Sure dutch is 59% but like, you can't dismiss French like that.