I Oppose Ad Blocking - My Opinion

[burgman]

Eye opening presentation on Leo Laporte's Tech show yesterday showed results of a study revealing the wireless carriers make more money than anyone from ads because of extra data from bloat. The bloat difference is obscene. Like 15 meg vs 180 meg with ad blockers off.

 

[tvguy]

Ads reached a level they shouldn't have reached, so the web is reacting.
Web browsing was becoming a nightmare in the last years.

I agree... I want to know who clicks on all these ****** ads??? There is no way in hell I would click on any ad.
I am running every ad blocker I can find, Do Not Track plugins... I also run a VPN on sites I am not familiar with.

 

[Hieveryone]

I’m not a publisher, an advertiser, a journalist, or a website owner or manager. I’m just an average internet user. When I first learned about ad blocking in iOS 9 I was excited but after the excitement wore off I had a reality check moment. I thought about the consequences of blocking ads and what it could do to free online content and websites that do not deserve to be blocked if ad blocking goes mainstream and adapted by everyone. We all hate intrusive, tracking ads but it’s a small price to pay in exchange for keeping the internet free and open with content we enjoy reading and watching when we visit our favorite websites everyday. I do not have nor do I plan to install any ad blocking apps on my iPhone, iMac, or MacBook Pro. Ad blocking will hurt everyone in the long run and it will have a bad domino effect. You know the old saying, "For Every Action There's a Reaction." By blocking ads we will contribute to the slow demise of websites and the internet by jumping on the mob mentality bandwagon. We all deserve a safe and annoyance-free browsing experience but this is not the way to do it, with brute force using a blunt instrument. I agree with Marco Arment and his decision. Lets keep our favorite websites such as this one open for business. I welcome your comments.

I thought the exact same thing. I felt guilty initially to be honest. The Internet is free and beautiful and if we have to see a few ads it's worth it to keep it amazing. I don't want the Internet to go the way of the music industry.

 

[JackieInCo]

I thought the exact same thing. I felt guilty initially to be honest. The Internet is free and beautiful and if we have to see a few ads it's worth it to keep it amazing. I don't want the Internet to go the way of the music industry.

You can be one of the few who allow ads while the rest of us enjoy an ad free experience after years of abuse.

 

[bushido]

its happening ... blocked from visiting mobile website with a enabled ad blocker. oh well. i guess they dont need my clicks

brilliant idea

 

[Max(IT)]

Mac2Sell require you to disable the adblocker to let you use the website.... Internet is reacting to the ad blockers expansion.
What's next ?

 

[Hieveryone]

You can be one of the few who allow ads while the rest of us enjoy an ad free experience after years of abuse.

Are you kidding? I would never do that.

 

[JackieInCo]

Are you kidding? I would never do that.

Come on. Sacrifice yourself to the ad gods.

 

[emilioestevez]

Mac2Sell require you to disable the adblocker to let you use the website.... Internet is reacting to the ad blockers expansion.
What's next ?

Then it's not a site worth visiting, frankly.

 

[KALLT]

Mac2Sell require you to disable the adblocker to let you use the website.... Internet is reacting to the ad blockers expansion.
What's next ?

Simple: you block the anti-blocker message. There is nothing in a website that can’t be blocked by an adblocker. The only reason why this slips through is because it’s usually so uniquely coded that it won’t be recognised as an ad without specific instructions. This problem will solve itself once more adblockers support proper whitelisting and will update their block lists accordingly.

its happening ... blocked from visiting mobile website with a enabled ad blocker. oh well. i guess they dont need my clicks

brilliant idea

Misunderstood popup ad, tries to put you off from visiting that s(h)ite again.

 

[gordon1234]

Simple: you block the anti-blocker message. There is nothing in a website that can’t be blocked by an adblocker. The only reason why this slips through is because it’s usually so uniquely coded that it won’t be recognised as an ad without specific instructions. This problem will solve itself once more adblockers support proper whitelisting and will update their block lists accordingly.

Misunderstood popup ad, tries to put you off from visiting that s(h)ite again.

This isn't necessarily true. Sites that implement half-decent blocking will load an entirely different page when it detects that ad content is failing to load. No amount of additional blocking will get around this since the content you want just isn't there.

 

[felt.]

I've seen a few sites that block my access because of ad block usage. I simply find somewhere else to go. Since the internet should be a public utility and I don't get ads with the water that comes out of my faucet why should I with my web browsing.

 

[Max(IT)]

This isn't necessarily true. Sites that implement half-decent blocking will load an entirely different page when it detects that ad content is failing to load. No amount of additional blocking will get around this since the content you want just isn't there.

That's what's happening in mac2sell. The page has been redirected

 

[ardchoille50]

Mac2Sell require you to disable the adblocker to let you use the website.... Internet is reacting to the ad blockers expansion.
What's next ?

Go elsewhere, they're not the only game in town

 

[2984839]

That's what's happening in mac2sell. The page has been redirected

It's working fine for me on my laptop with Xombrero. I'm blocking ads with adsuck.