At one time, the Internet was not so full of ads. Maybe because it is rather ineffective to swamp you with ads and pop ups when you are using Lynx. If you are sick of the ads and crap, give Lynxs a try.
On Fri, 28 Jun 2002, Jerry Feldman wrote: > That's impractical. Add blocker software is much more effective. > > In any case, if we effectively stop reading the ads, we will eventually > eliminate them and have to go to 100% pay TV and pay Internet. > I suspect most people will continue to tolerate ads. > On 28 Jun 2002 at 14:00, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Stop browsing web sites that use ads. As more and more people circumvent > > advertising, and the revenue therefore dries up completely, those sites will > > shut down anyway. So accelerate the process, and just stop visiting them > > anyway. > > > > I have to wonder if the same thing will happen to broadcast TV, as devices > > like TiVo (which let you skip commercials) become more popular. > > -- > Jerry Feldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Associate Director > Boston Linux and Unix user group > http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9 > PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44 3E14 9245 FB00 3ED5 C506 1EA9 > > > ***************************************************************** > To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. > ***************************************************************** > -- ***************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *****************************************************************
