I'VE HAD IT! Website programmers are morons. Website owners are greedy morons.

[herding cats]

78. I keep hearing this more and more from people.

My response is always the same, avoid those sites. If they're spamming you with ads to the point that they're ruining the content, leave. Please, just don't tolerate it.

We've forgotten how to be good consumers in pretty much every area of our consumption. Crappy products with 30 day return policies/warranties that fall apart in 4 months are all too common, yet we still patronize the manufacture and/or the store we purchased it from have became the norm. The result was more crappy products. Still purchasing that item which has been downturned multiple times into a fraction of the size of what you were purchasing a few years ago, but costs the same if not more? You're part of the problem. Stop buying it! Consumers hold a portion of the blame there since we simply refuse to demand better as a group.

The same goes for these websites which insist on taking us hostage when we attempt to view their content. Just block them, or if you're unable to do that then close the tab and never look back. We set the standard for the most part. If we refuse to be used then we won't be used. The hard part is getting enough people on board, which is the really infuriating part. In such a connected age you'd think we'd be able to organize a movement. Sadly, that's not been the case. Too many consumers just consider it the norm now and put up with the lack of quality in every area of our consumption!

I don't mind reasonable advertising. It has a place in the world and is expected. The newest standard I cannot abide though. If you're sucking up my bandwidth, which I'm paying for, and wasting my time, which isn't yours to waste, then you've stepped over a line in my eyes. Also, on a personal level, I don't patronize those sites because I worry about what other unethical things they may be up doing.