Blocking ads is great

2015-09-02-death-to-tech-blogs.markdown

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+title: "Death to Tech Blogs?"
+date: 2015-09-02 23:46:57 -0400
+comments: true
+categories: blogs ad blockers
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+From [Jean-Louis Gassée's "Monday Note" blog](http://www.mondaynote.com/2015/08/31/life-after-content-blocking/) comes this gem:
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+ > Too many sites are just echo chambers, they rewrite news releases,
+add strong adjectives and adverbs, and a bit of spin.
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+In the current talk of ad blocking and punishing the kinds of websites that weigh down our browsers and network connections with far too many Javascript inserts, this is the one ugly truth that's going overlooked.
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+There are too many copycat blogs and websites that do no real new reporting.  They're just clickbait that copies everyone else.
+
+So if a bunch of sites go under, is that really a bad thing?  Not for those sites who provide nothing new...