Google Now Automatically Converts Flash Ads To HTML5

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday February 25, 2015 @07:33AM from the have-some-ads dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Google today began automatically converting Adobe Flash ads to HTML5. As a result, it's now even easier for advertisers to target users on the Google Display Network without a device or browser that supports Flash. Back in September, Google began offering interactive HTML5 backups when Flash wasn't supported. The Flash-to-HTML5 conversion tools for the Google Display Network and DoubleClick Campaign Manager created an HTML5 version of Flash ads, showing an actual ad rather than a static image backup. Now, Google will automatically convert eligible Flash campaigns, both existing and new, to HTML5."

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Re:Oh great ... by JustOK · 2015-02-25 08:42 · Score: 1, Troll

A fool and his money are soon targeted for premium membership

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Re:Oh great ... by farble1670 · 2015-02-25 09:00 · Score: -1, Troll

I'm not funding someone's website with my personal information.
no, you're just visiting their site, consuming the content that they worked hard to produce, and circumventing the only mechanism they have to be compensated for their work.
i know how you can block ads very effectively: don't visit the site.