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Google says ad blockers will save online ads

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Re: Google says ad blockers will save online ads

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axod wrote: post #11

>> "But the truth of the matter is that most people won't install ad blockers on Chrome because people are fundamentally lazy." BS. Most people don't install ad blockers because they don't want them. Not everyone is a new age hippy anti consumerism activist. If an advert annoys you, don't visit that website again. Vote with your feet. That's being honest. I not lazy, and I won't be installing adblock. I don't think d…

You don't piss during commercials then, I take it?

Re: Google says ad blockers will save online ads

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axod wrote: post #19
ErrantX wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My approach is from the other angle: I run an Adblocker but set it to permissive. That way if I find a really annoying site I can tap the right button and ads are blocked. To me that seems the fairest approach.

That's cool, although it doesn't send a message to the site owner that their behavior is unacceptable. They still get the hits, and just think the ads are performing worse, so they better make them even more irritating.

Not visiting the site anymore doesn't send the message either. Why would they assume it was obnoxious ads, rather than decreased interest in their content, competition, etc? The only way they'll know is to actually tell them.
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