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> by serving me unobtrusive ads that don't really negatively impact my user experience

I'm not a heavy Facebook user, but what you said certainly does not apply to google.

What was once unobtrusive ads now are just ads cleverly disguised as search results in a very faint slightly different background-color box. They wanna pass the ads down as search results and that certainly impacts user experience.

These guys are wise enough not simply through the ads in there altogether, they let you grow accostumed, than just enlarge then a slight bit every now and then. That is not a mutually beneficial relationship, that's an abusive relationship.




In theory, you're complaint is valid. In practice, my browser is quite capable of detecting those ads and dispatching them according to my wishes.




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