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https://www.phoronix.com/news/LVFS-100-Million-Firmware
My ad blocker turned off at some point and I loaded that link without it.. holy shit was that obnoxious. The ads moved things around, blocked the article, autoplayed videos.. and that's what we're supposed to be appreciative of and turn off our ad blockers for? 🤢
I said this about 2 weeks ago. I was trying to support Phoronix and was browsing on mobile. The site was unusable. They need to get control of that. I have websites and I refuse to ever run ads. Then again, I am not in it for the money.
On the other hand the number of websites that are using ChatGPT to create content, images, and links solely to push ads for profit is getting larger every day. It does not take any effort either. You can pay a monthly fee to have a service auto update your site and the ads are automatic too.
I am beginning to not trust sites that run ads.