Chrome will begin pausing many Flash ads by default on September 1

Post by lgas » Fri, Aug 28, 2015, 5:17 PM UTC

JustSomeNobody wrote: post #109

dredmorbius wrote: post #48

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As I discovered while looking for targets of opportunity, the term of art is apparently "online video provider", or OVP ( not "VPN" as I'd first written, thinking "video provider network". "Tips for Choosing an Online Video Platform (OVP)" http://www.streamingmedia.com/Articles/Editorial/Featured-Ar... Yes, there's collateral damage. I'll take it. If needs be, I'll hop into /etc/hosts and unblock for a moment.

If you have a mac, I highly recommend gas mask for switching hosts files.

Post by Jordrok » Fri, Aug 28, 2015, 5:55 PM UTC

wutbrodo wrote: post #54

lucaspiller wrote: post #44

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And Google Finance... It is rather ironic half of their sites are going to break, unless they conveniently add an exception.

> It is rather ironic half of their sites are going to break, unless they conveniently add an exception. Those sites aren't going to break, even without adding any exceptions. There's no definition of "essential" that would exclude Flash content on Google Finance. As mentioned above, the exact heuristics they're using are: "TLDR, essential content is either: 1) On the same domain as the page 2) Considered "Large" (at…

Post by dredmorbius » Fri, Aug 28, 2015, 6:01 PM UTC

JupiterMoon wrote: post #99

dredmorbius wrote: post #31

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Tip: use different user profiles. A "stock", "raw", or "testing" profile for unfiltered use. Though better sandboxing would be my choice.

One should test with certain blocking enabled as well surely?

Post by dredmorbius » Fri, Aug 28, 2015, 6:04 PM UTC

madeofpalk wrote: post #102

dredmorbius wrote: post #27

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I've gotten high mileage by blocking OVPs directly. I'm advocating doing this to encourage video providers to NOT enable autoplay on video. 0.0.0.0 www.autofixinfo.com # Autoplay video 0.0.0.0 c.brightcove.com # Autoplay video 0.0.0.0 player.theplatform.com # Autoplay video 0.0.0.0 link.theplatform.com # Autoplay video 0.0.0.0 ci-2862d2c8d6-68f418d2.http.atlas.cdn.yimg.com # Autoplay video 0.0.0.0 video-img2.thedaily…

0.0.0.0 c.brightcove.com # Autoplay video 0.0.0.0 player.theplatform.com # Autoplay video 0.0.0.0 link.theplatform.com # Autoplay video Wow you really must not like video.

Post by dredmorbius » Fri, Aug 28, 2015, 6:09 PM UTC

anigbrowl wrote: post #142

dredmorbius wrote: post #27

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I've gotten high mileage by blocking OVPs directly. I'm advocating doing this to encourage video providers to NOT enable autoplay on video. 0.0.0.0 www.autofixinfo.com # Autoplay video 0.0.0.0 c.brightcove.com # Autoplay video 0.0.0.0 player.theplatform.com # Autoplay video 0.0.0.0 link.theplatform.com # Autoplay video 0.0.0.0 ci-2862d2c8d6-68f418d2.http.atlas.cdn.yimg.com # Autoplay video 0.0.0.0 video-img2.thedaily…

I have done something similar using HTTP switchboard, but let's face it, this is a terrible approach. It's a dreadful waste of our valuable time, and there aren't enough of us competent to do this that it impacts advertisers. Rather than fight a constant rearguard action, I've just started avoiding domains that I know are likely to be full of cruft.