Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 18th Aug 2010 14:02 UTC

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2006-01-02
I had never used Ad Block until about 2 weeks. I actually got used to the web being littered with ads. Used to it enough that I could cope with it anyway.
What drove me over the edge to install Ad Block (and Flash Block) was the advertisers that started using audio in their ads. I'd go to a web page and be bombarded with loud music or an annoying radio-style advertisement. Sometimes I couldn't even tell which ad was producing the offensive noise, with no noticeable volume/mute buttons and no animations which you'd expect to go with the sound.
This crossed my line of acceptance.