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I've been on the internet since roughly 1994, and I'm being absolutely honest when I say that the only times I've ever clicked on an ad is when the browser hadn't yet fully loaded a page, and I clicked on a region to follow a link, but in the time it took for the click to register, an ad finished loading and forced the screen layout to change...so the browser thought I clicked on the ad rather than the link.
Back in the context you're talking about...I think you can draw your own conclusions.
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dandy72 wrote: I've been on the internet since roughly 1994, and I'm being absolutely honest when I say that the only times I've ever clicked on an ad is when the browser hadn't yet fully loaded a page, and I clicked on a region to follow a link, but in the time it took for the click to register, an ad finished loading and forced the screen layout to change...so the browser thought I clicked on the ad rather than the link.
I know what you mean... been there, done that
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I recall a torrent site back in the day doing that on purpose. the page would be loading but a link would be showing to download the torrent but through some kind of magic that link would drop an inch down and be replaced by an ad which was imediately triggered as a click before it even loaded.
Smart.. but eventully it was fixed or removed. The advertiser site probably figured out what was going on. I can't imagine the conversion rate being very good on an of these ads that show up within games.
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I have generally removed games that rely on ads.
Any game that I really enjoy I will pay for in order to remove ads - like a sudoku app I purchased this afternoon which used to be ad free but started having ads a month or so ago.
Up to that point I have always just clicked on the cross to close the add at the first opportunity.
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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Internet off while playing games. If a game needs a download do it, then clear cache, then internet off and then play.
Any game that needs internet is uninstalled.
"It is easy to decipher extraterrestrial signals after deciphering Javascript and VB6 themselves.", ISanti[ ^]
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I generally share the sentiment, but really, I think most games nowadays require a connection at the very least to pass through some validation/authentication phase, if it's a game you've purchased.
Case in point: I quit gaming pretty much altogether well over a decade ago, but still make an exception for whenever a new installment of the Grand Theft Auto series comes out. GTA5 (now 6 years old) phones home to validate the game when launching it, and persist your saved game to "the cloud". It plain won't work in a disconnected state.
Of course, I have a machine that's dedicated to playing games, so if a game wants to spy on me and my habits, it'll find the machine is used to...play games and not much else. I don't even browse the web on it.
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I only have two games on my phone and I paid for both so they have no ads. If I had a game that did that I would immediately uninstall it. I have no interest in adware.
"They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"
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I hate ads because they try to brainwash the viewers and manipulate them to buy stuff they don't need. I find it very cumbersome to decrypt all the subconscious messages in order to compensate and nullify them. So I decided it's better not to watch any ads right from the start.
Of course I understand programmers who want to earn some money giving the marketing people a platform for their vicious stuff. But imho, an app develper who displays ads is also partially responsible for what exactly is displayed and what damage this inflicts to the world. Sorry, guys!
Try www.buymeacoffee.com instead!
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I don't ever tap them and I usually uninstall the game the moment there's ads. I'd gladly pay a couple bucks for a mobile game if the game is good, but ads (or gameplay tuned to strongarm players into spending money) is an immediate indicator of the game not being worth my time.
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I thought about how to break that system of ads everywhere and i came to the conclusion that the only way to get rid of it is to click on all of them! That will empty the pockets of the advertisers very quickly and no sales in return. The whole current ad model would collapse within a few days. Alas, can not do it alone, need at least a few thousand to coordinate an #ADATTACK. 
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I literally put my phone in airplane mode to play games.
Overall, it is very limited b/c if you look up from your phone and your vision is blurred.
You ARE damaging your eyesight long term! (It worsens myopia)
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I prefer to pay for a game/app than use one filled with annoying ads
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I don't get any ads while playing games on my phone. It's an ancient Nokia, no internet, and only game is Snake. I played it in about 2011 for a few minutes.
No "smart"phone, no games, no ads, no problem.
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DerekT-P wrote: It's an ancient Nokia...
More than once I've considered going back to my first, a Nokia 6150.
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Is a basketball a formal dance for weavers?
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Hope you didn't jump through hoops to post that, the net result wasn't worth it.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
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Good point. Though, I think he scored with that post.
/ravi
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Hmm, hope I wasn't being too forward with the post. I'll have to guard against that, lest he cry foul.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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jeron1 wrote:
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
Cool, then what is Instagram? Living your best fake life?
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Did you make that up from whole cloth?
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
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long as it's not his loin cloth
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Probably, since a baseball is a dance for the uncouth whilst a bowling ball is your basic soup-orgy.
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Maybe and football is a game for people with club feet!
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What does either "basketball" or "weaver" have to do with Dr. Who?
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Griff sends it in from waaay outside...
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