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Why It's OK to Block Ads (2015) (blog.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk)
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[โ€“] Hugin@lemmy.world 7 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

I remember the add that made me install my first add blocker. It stated playing the sound of knocking on glass and a voice going "Hey You!". With a looped videoof some guy waving at me.

Every so often one gets through my blocker and they have only gotten more annoying.

[โ€“] jawa21@piefed.blahaj.zone 8 points 8 hours ago

Yeah, people seem to have mostly forgotten about the forced audio playback that was really prevalent for a while. It was crazy effective because you would have to hint down the actual ad causing the issue on the page to stop it.