Several years ago, the world suddenly woke up to ads being plastered all over its internet browsers, as companies looked for new ways to make a buck. But now, one app says – “No more!” and offers to substitute them for pictures instead.
Along comes ‘Adieu’ – the aptly named app from Fair Tread, a company that wants to give some semblance of online control back to the user. Don’t want a reminder about an expensive Caribbean vacation when you’re cash-strapped and breaking your back at work? Don’t care about online trading, or taking personality surveys? Or discovering which celebrities have had plastic surgery?
Adieu’s solution is nice and simple: it lets you block annoying banners with photos and pictures of your choice. It offers to do this for a fee of $5 per 500 ad blocks, and will attempt to block as many ads as possible. The page says “by using Adieu, you’re contributing to a fair internet that rewards good content.”
New app kills online ads by buying banner space & substituting pretty pictures — RT USA