Do they seriously think their begging is effective with us adblockers‽

themeatbridge

Lot's of websites exist. How did they do it before invasive ads and tracking?

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If I ever implant myself with a chip for brain augmentation is going to be an adblock that acts directly on my neocortex. The ultimate block.

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Nah you also gotta make sure your browser is safe. Don't want to crypto mine for some libertarians .

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Back in the day, before ad blockers general unobtrusive ads generated more revenue per site visit. As ad blockers become popular, the value of those same ads were worth less.

So, to answer your question, they were able to pay the bills with discreet ads which we decided were too annoying, leading to the current spiral of decline.

L3ft_F13ld!

No not at all. But the ads on the internet are actively malicious. Their misleading at best and actually dangerous at worst. I refuse to support that.

I really am sorry for the smaller sites that need the ads to run. But I won't help you if the ads don't change.

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I leave uBlock off by default and only turn it on for abusive sites, but I also use Vivaldi with tracker blocking enabled so I still get these popups.

It usually ends with me blocking all ads in order to block the popup asking me not to block ads.

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So again, how should small websites exist then?

Donations and subscriptions almost never work unless you are already a well trafficked website so I'm curious what your solution is...

L3ft_F13ld!

I don't have one. That's part of the problem. The ads system needs to be fundamentally changed. But I'm still not going to expose myself and my devices to malicious ads and malware for the sake of your small site. It's not worth the risk for me personally.

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I demand control over my computing on my hardware. Do no feel entitled to run anti-features without my permission after I casually request media.

This doesn't mean I think that hard effort to create shouldn't be rewarded but I don't believe ads have no cost. The cost of adverts is too damn high.

Kallioapina

Also to add to this comment: as a general reminder to those not in the know, Filterlists exists. It contains useful different filterlists for different use cases, for many adblocking software (but of course Ublock origin is the best).

FilterLists | Subscriptions for uBlock Origin, Adblock Plus, AdGuard, ...

FilterLists is the independent, comprehensive directory of filter and host lists for advertisements, trackers, malware, and annoyances. By Collin M. Barrett.

(filterlists.com)

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Yeah, it makes sense and I don't blame you.

IIt's one of those tragic game theory problems, like the prisonwr's dilemma, climate change or anything else where we all suffer because it's in no one's self interest to do the socially beneficial thing.

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How do you reward the work you encounter online?

Queen HawlSera

uBlock stays on for everyone but Tubi in my house

L3ft_F13ld!

Yeah. It really is sad, but I'm not going to do something that is directly negatively impacting me just to keep up a site run by someone I don't even know.

Queen HawlSera

Tell the phone companies that

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I buy merchandise from video creators, do non-annual donations (1 is annual) and assume commission for affiliate links can happen in the background when I buy stuff.

This is largely big players (e.g. my OS creator), so I admit not people just starting off who likely need it most.

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Just report any ads that break the law.

SeekPie

Why turn on the racing mode? Everyone knows that you have to use the "packwards" gear.

Leah96xxx (she/they)

I've seen at least 1 website that actually had critical components like parts of the navigation classed as ads, so they had to almost force you to disable it to just use their site.

Imo, if you design your website in such a way where critical basic functionality is classed as ads, then you've built your website wrong. Basic functionality should not be capable of being classed as an ad.

psychOdelic

when I see this, I leave.