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Originally Posted by -TW
...that, after clicking on "read the [rest of the] story" link at the bottom of the 1st page, it led to an UNavoidable advertising video (commercial) -- which the visitor is *forced* to view, before proceeding. That is, the rest of the article is held hostage -- the "ransom" being one's eyeballs AND a bunch of seconds worth of attention paid.
"You VIL votch zee ads, UNT you vil LUFF votching zee ads!!"
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Hi TW,
On the other hand, it's probably ads like that helping to keep the magazine afloat... After all, they've gotta pay the bills too!
If it's a choice of it existing with ads, or not existing without the ads - I'd choose the ads...
I think many of these online ads are generally more entertaining anyway - they know that you have a lot of possible distractions online, so they have to keep it entertaining to make people watch!
Cheers, Dien