"An ad blocker is preventing this page from loading."

No, my #adblocker is preventing your #ADs from loading. The fact that the REST of your page refuses to load if the ads dont load, well that sounds like a YOU problem.

Do any of these CMS and online-ad platform/network #productmanagers realize that if they were to just go back to unobtrusive only-static-image ads embedded in the html of the page itself I would fucking put eyeballs on those? But noooo, we gotta have modal popups and pay-gates and minimize-in-the-corner auto-play videos.

This worked just fine until 2010 then ya went and ballzed it up.

@tezoatlipoca You are right about 2010. Google bought doubleclick in 2007 and launch Android in 2008. That led them to go deeper into advertising on web pages compared to advertising in search. They announced that change in 2009.
Today's internet advertisement is about "pay per click". That requires spying on the users, or one would not know when the ad is clicked. I don't think there is even a possibility to be paid for static ads. 1/2

@tezoatlipoca Moreover the majority of Internet traffic happens on smartphones, not computers. A sizable proportion of the users don't know how to block ads on a smartphone and mostly use apps (where ads cannot be blocked) instead of the browser. And that is where the money is.

Basically, what you want is gone. 2010 is not coming back. Your only option is not to browse these sites (that is what I do). And this is what they want because you cost them ressources and don't bring money. 2/2