yarnporn.com

Adsense ads are gone. I’m done with them until the kids at Google realize they are breaking that whole not being evil thing into little tiny bits of irony and cold harsh reality.

This is the latest Google Adsense notice.

Its one thing to look at my blog and say “Oh hey, there are references to yarn, so we’ll serve up yarn ads” I’m cool with that– sometimes I consider it an enhancement. It offsets the cost of hosting, domain names, and extra strength Aleve necessary to keep my blogs going. Every once in a while I can afford to splurge on some extra roving, a few knitting needles, or a tall non-fat mocha with extra foam and hold the whipped cream please.

But when Adsense wants to collect data on where someone’s been, how long, and how frequently: I want nothing to do with that. That is completely and utterly invasive. It is scummy. It reminds me of another ad network, you know the evil one: Doubleclick

Ah, but when the buzzards at Doubleclick do it, it’s spyware– so when Google does it that’s what?

It’s spyware.

I’m still trying to curb my cussing, but if you’d like to weigh in on your opinion of DART, Adsense, or Google’s hypocrosity feel free to use as much profanity as you like in the comments section of this post. I’d consider it a favor, profanity-by-proxy.

You can opt out by installing a plugin for your  browser.