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

themeatbridge

I don't demand anything, but I'm not responsible for making sure anyone else makes money. Sell it, give it away, or don't. Don't beg me to allow third parties to infect my devices just because they paid you to ask me.

don

Yeah, I tried that for a while, then those sites abused that privilege with horrid obnoxious ads so I decided to nuke any ads anywhere.

I’m certainly glad that your tolerance to ads is such that you’re willing to endure them for whatever media it is that you consume, and encourage you to disable your adblockers entirely (given that ads really don’t cost you personally anything), but as for me and mine, we will block ads with a near religious fervor.

Cheers!

L3ft_F13ld!

I can appreciate your viewpoint, but I disagree. If I can't use my adblocker on your site, I don't need your site.

There are no acceptable ads and there haven't been for a very long time. Plus, I've been blocking ads for so long I can't even remember an internet that has them. Probably part of the reason why I refuse any kind of ads.

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Those messages do make me feel bad, but not bad enough to turn my ad blocker off.

I'm technically capable of blocking ads but that doesn't mean that I am also morally entitled to access content provided to me on the condition that I will see the ads. I suppose the fact that these websites only ask me to disable my ad blocker rather than refusing me access entirely implies that they give consent for me to keep using the ad blocker, but would I really stop using it if they did refuse access but I could bypass that restriction?

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I do feel guilty sometimes... Then I continue.

Just like I do when I watch the porn the adblocker's help me watch...

AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet

give us money!

Dude, I don't even know you. I'll never be back here again.

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If you're seeing these, then you need to change your settings in Ublock Origin to enable more filters. Anti-adblock killer is the filter you want, I believe.

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I have adblocker solely set up to block Youtube ads.

They broke the implicit contract of "Don't make ads too intrusive and I won't go out of my way to block your revenue". THEY DREW FIRST BLOOD

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How do you expect the websites you use to exist if everyone ad blocks them?

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Honestly, I don't use many random websites frequently, the ones I do tend to be pretty non intrusive in terms of ads (cbc, dobberhockey etc) so it might just be lucky on my part.

I dunno, I just think it's a race to the bottom. If everyone ad blocks then sites either don't exist, have to get more intrusive for the small sliver who doesn't ad block or sketchy partnerships.

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So why should anyone make a website for you to visit?

Donations etc haven't been particularly effective. Should only giant corpo media exist? Should online news enter into sketchy deals with whomever?

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Yup. Everyone wants everything free but simultaneously want a high standard of wages for everyone except whomever is providing them a service.

Folks dress it up in whatever nonsensical rationale they'd like but really, I think we're just selfish.

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Have you subscribed or paid for many? If so, thank you! But sadly, most of us don't.

I'm not talking big conglomerates, I'm talking about independent journalism or folks who are working to build something meaningful or beneficial to me, like webcomics or fantasy hockey.

Since people started getting news online for free, quality independent journalism has plummeted and we've been left with mostly corpo media with a few indies hanging on or getting absorbed into corpo. I think it's a tragedy which adblockers have accelerated.

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.