is it just me?
i mean, you’re surfing the net, minding your own business, when BAM! out of nowhere, some garish ad starts blaring through your speakers, or god forbid it’s late at night and you’ve hit a news article with an embedded video and the voiceover nearly gives you a heart attack!
it’s intrusive, it’s annoying and honestly for me, it just ruins the entire experience. i don’t want my browsing to come with its own unexpected soundtrack, you know? there’s a reason I have headphones and select my own tunes. i don’t need to be ambushed by car ads while i’m just trying to read an article or look up a recipe.
and the worst part? trying to find the tiny ‘x’ or pause button while the video covers it up with all sorts of flashy graphics. it’s like playing a whack-a-mole where the mole is a stealth bomber!
yeah, i get it, it’s a monetising thing. ads pay the bills, servers don’t maintain themselves… but surely there’s a better way to do it? like not give your website users uninvited mini heart attacks?
and autoplay videos on social media feeds? don’t even get me started!
i know it’s not world-ending stuff but it’s one of those little things that just really gets my goat. anyone else bothered by this? is there something that can be done 🤔
