Google is banning Flash from its display ads • Hacker News Board

Re: Google is banning Flash from its display ads

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Post by _nedR » Thu, Feb 11, 2016, 9:58 AM UTC

lexicality wrote: post #106

josteink wrote: post #104

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Which ad blocker do you use on mobile? Firefox with uBlock. Just plain old FF extensions. No root required. Firefox for Android is seriously underrated IMO.

Possibly because it was very poor when it first came out? That's certainly why I switched away.

Me too. Also because the default Chrome was good enough.

But i came back to firefox recently and now it is my default. The "Reading list" feature is so good productivity-wise.

And using firefox again made me realize that features like Reading-list, Tracking-protection, or even offline-mode would never be implemented in Chrome because of the fundamental conflict of interest between its users and Google

Re: Google is banning Flash from its display ads

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Post by nicky0 » Thu, Feb 11, 2016, 10:10 AM UTC

Sophira wrote: post #107

sparky_ wrote: post #93

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I also do this. Firefox is my primary browser but I have Chrome installed solely to view flash-based video sites.

I think I'm missing something. Why not just install the Flash player from Adobe?

Then you enter the toxic hellstew of Flash Player updates.

Re: Google is banning Flash from its display ads

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Post by k-mcgrady » Thu, Feb 11, 2016, 10:15 AM UTC

Anyone else see this and think "Why the hell didn't they do this years ago?". I was really surprised it was still allowed.

Re: Google is banning Flash from its display ads

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Post by flo_23 » Thu, Feb 11, 2016, 10:20 AM UTC

Spare_account wrote: post #27

Animats wrote: post #3

I've blocked Google ads for so long I didn't realize they had been allowing Flash ads.

Which ad blocker do you use on mobile?

I'm using Blockr on iOS. It also blocks those cookie warnings! http://blockr-app.com

Re: Google is banning Flash from its display ads

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Post by Ded7xSEoPKYNsDd » Thu, Feb 11, 2016, 10:22 AM UTC

Sophira wrote: post #107

sparky_ wrote: post #93

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I also do this. Firefox is my primary browser but I have Chrome installed solely to view flash-based video sites.

I think I'm missing something. Why not just install the Flash player from Adobe?

I'm not the person you asked, but here's my reasons.

I'm on Linux and there no longer is a supported version of Flash by Adobe. (Apparently there is some NPAPI to Pepper bridge though, to get Chrome's Flash working in other browsers.)

I already uninstalled before that, because I wanted to force HTML5 for sites that dynamically switch between Flash and HTML5 and because I wanted to nudge more sites to support HTML5 by boosting the stats of people who don't have Flash installed.

Re: Google is banning Flash from its display ads

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Post by stephen_g » Thu, Feb 11, 2016, 10:24 AM UTC

Sophira wrote: post #107

sparky_ wrote: post #93

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I also do this. Firefox is my primary browser but I have Chrome installed solely to view flash-based video sites.

I think I'm missing something. Why not just install the Flash player from Adobe?

Historically, it's tended to have had far more zero day exploits than the web browsers themselves. removing Flash removes a huge attack surface, and 95% of the time you don't need it.

I don't have flash installed (usually using Safari and Firefox) and have to jump over to Chrome to use a site maybe once or twice a week, which is more than acceptable given the insecurity of Flash.

Re: Google is banning Flash from its display ads

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Post by iopq » Thu, Feb 11, 2016, 10:29 AM UTC

Spare_account wrote: post #27

Animats wrote: post #3

I've blocked Google ads for so long I didn't realize they had been allowing Flash ads.

Which ad blocker do you use on mobile?

you can use adblock as a proxy and connect to your wifi through said proxy

Re: Google is banning Flash from its display ads

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Post by sshagent » Thu, Feb 11, 2016, 10:35 AM UTC

bambax wrote: post #109

Animats wrote: post #3

I've blocked Google ads for so long I didn't realize they had been allowing Flash ads.

I bought a new Windows laptop last year. Of course the first thing I did was open IE and search for "download chrome". Stupidly, I clicked on the first link, which was a Google ad for Chrome bundled with some malware. Spent the next few hours getting rid of said malware. I've used adblock (ublock) for a long time, but there was always a little bit of guilt associated with it; that episode cleared the guilt, completel…

"IE the number 1 browser for downloading Chrome"

Re: Google is banning Flash from its display ads

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Post by briandear » Thu, Feb 11, 2016, 10:49 AM UTC

flo_23 wrote: post #124

Spare_account wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Which ad blocker do you use on mobile?

I'm using Blockr on iOS. It also blocks those cookie warnings! http://blockr-app.com

I use Crystal for iOS.. Works perfectly.

Re: Google is banning Flash from its display ads

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Post by PhilipA » Thu, Feb 11, 2016, 11:13 AM UTC

phpsupport wrote: post #111

bambax wrote: post #109

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I bought a new Windows laptop last year. Of course the first thing I did was open IE and search for "download chrome". Stupidly, I clicked on the first link, which was a Google ad for Chrome bundled with some malware. Spent the next few hours getting rid of said malware. I've used adblock (ublock) for a long time, but there was always a little bit of guilt associated with it; that episode cleared the guilt, completel…

bambax, its not malware. when you installed free software they created spam add-on in browser.

And how isn't that malware?