Some of us don't want to look at video all over the place
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That reason for my wish to be left without a lot of video has much to do with the consternation that video adverts present and I've reached that point well beyond rebellion to downright warfare on the front of video ads, video snips, video announcements, and having it all shoved down my throat as though it's some site's right to do so.
Don't get me wrong, I do enjoy video and under different circumstances I wouldn't have ever gone on the warpath against flash player and it's HTML5 ilk. It's simply that inclination for video sites to intersperse a video ad before each and every blessed clip they wish to present -- and WORSE, sites which populate the bulk of their pages with flash or other video adverts in the presence of purely marginal content otherwise -- which raised my hackles sufficiently to effectively thwart those attempts prior to my ever hitting their URL.
Me, I'm one of those determined to have my internet experience on my own terms. No nasty video is going to force itself upon me. No HTML5 or flash permutation. Not even a big bad animated GIF should push come to shove ... and to think that all of this 'tude happens in light of my 300 megabyte download capacity as well.
I have adobe to blame primarily ... and their nasty unintelligble regiments of persons from india claiming to be John, and Ralph, and Tina ... as they thank me for the information and tell me that they have to 'tink' about it. I've been repelled by their minions and now have disdain for their entire product line ... particularly flash video and the never ending components, nag screens, and advertisements using it. All because of the annoying animated ads which prevail despite the announced demise of flash itself in the near future.
I rue the day adobe purchased macromedia and turned flash (and coldfusion) into those messy monstrosities they presently are. I'd much rather read more text and see more sets of still images; but that's just me. You view all the bloody videos you like whenever you're so inclined. We can't all like the same things and it often seems that I'm the only one who likes what I seek in that internet experience anyway and that's ... okay.