Security News > 2022 > August > There’s a problem with online ads, and it’s not what you think

The saturation of online ads isn't the problem.

The problem is that online ads are ruining the experience by crushing my CPU. I cannot tell you how many times I've gone to a site, only to see the page inundated with ads that spike my CPU usage and bring my desktop to a screaming halt.

These rogue ads have become a bane to so many users' online experiences to the point even people like me, who have been supportive of online ads for years, have considered adopting ad-blocking measures in my browsers.

Until online ads stop posing a problem to my productivity, that's just the way it has to be.

More to the point, they need to experience the site exactly as users do, and when they see that ads are causing a problem, those ads need to be dealt with.

If you have too many ads or rogue ads bringing browsers and operating systems to a crawl, you're in for more problems than you bargained for.

News URL

https://www.techrepublic.com/article/online-ads-causing-poor-user-experience/