Evillore seems to be having problems with ads, why is he getting such low quality ads content? Whats going on? I remember a time where Ubisoft and other big companies would rent-out the front page and it would be all SplinterCell themed or whatever. What happened to that? why are the ads now all related to super shit pseudo anime girls games for cell phones and shady looking sites?
To be fair, this isnt only a Neogaf problem.
The internet is in a dangerous cycle right now.
People started blocking ads, which in turn led to websites having to ok shittier and more obtrusive ads, which in turn leads to more people blocking ads.
I didnt install an ad blocker on my home PC until about 2 years ago. And then I white-listed all my favorite sites. That is, until they fuck up. One single redirect and youre being blocked.
My work installed ublock on all computers by defaul earlier this year.
This is a trend observed internet-wide. Remember blogs? Remember when blogs could bring home some revenue? Not anymore.
Worse, 5 years ago, many website tried to go the subscription route and that failed too.
Remember when IGN pay-walled all their reviews?
Gamespot Complete?
They all had to drop those systems because it was even worse than ads. And then they came back to ad-supported but ads are paying less because less people see them. They know they cant go back.
Which leads to a new crappy area of sponsorship and "affiliates".
AKA: Companies paying for content. Also, companies controlling content running by their content.
You no longer get quality internet content that's not secretly underwritten by some marketing budget in the background.
This post, for example, is riddled with corporate sponsors. You think I post for free? Its 2016 motherfucker.