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Please remember to include a link whenever you mention the EFF! https://supporters.eff.org/donate
Why is that? I think there's nothing wrong with mentioning the EFF without linking to their donations page.
That said I would rather not consume anything anymore than allowing ads again. The things that I was and am really interested in, will be saturated by buying books and the people that put up stuff for free, like I do for certain things.
Also I would pay for services I like. Byte.fm did it the right way I think. It's online radio, from the beginning on they never streamed ads and still do not do so today. Not long after I started to consume them I paid them and still do so today because I support services that explicitly do not use ads.
Trackers are horrible. I don't want anyone to know what I am doing what sites I am visiting etc... What gives them the right to track? Besides of imposing banners to my face? They got what was coming to them. I am glad that the EFF is giving us tools to fight back. Consider donating to them!
Concerns like:
1. Their numbers don't add up, there is no corresponding arc to the Salaries and Benefits expense for instance (5,377 > 5,184) 2. Salaries and benefits jumped 20% past years, which might mean more employees, but also could be more benefits 3. What are Board Enrichment expenses? 4. I know nonprofit has subtle nuances in meaning, but how could they have 1M Net Investment Income? 5. Most importantly their Support and Revenue figures are double of the expenses, should I really donate them? I mean they can put it away for a rainy day, but is my money actually further any cause?
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I think this is the wrong way to approach this. You're essentially pirating content now. If you don't like the ads, stop using the site. It's that simple. To take it a step farther, send an email to customer service explaining WHY you're no longer using the site. This sends a much stronger message to them about what makes you unhappy with the service they provide.
> You're essentially pirating content now. Earlier, the websites were "pirating" his/her device & browser.
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I agree completely and like you for a long time I didn't use ad-blockers on morale grounds. Personally I don't get overly excited about the tracking/re-targeting, but what did bother me was how ridiculously intrusive the ads on some sites that totally destroyed my user experience, wasted my batteries and cellular data and at times prevented me from (on mobile) from getting to the content I actually wanted. With mobil…
Same here - I'm not that concerned about targeted ads, but if it means significant consequences for my bandwidth, security, performance or simply being able to use the site as intended, well, then I don't seem to have a realistic choice. That said, I think there's room for an adblocker that focuses on ads that are too intrusive and whitelists decent, static ads automatically. Currently I do that manually on a per sit…
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And which are these websites that are using these dirty tricks?
Almost 70% of the websites linked from Reddit that I click through. Many links from HN are also guilty of this. When I'm on mobile, I frequently click on ads by mistake when I'm trying to scroll. It's unintentional on my part, but I feel the web developers and ad networks are colluding to make this happen.
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How does an advert deliver a virus? Are these genuine remote native code execution vulnerabilities in browsers? Or just breaking the sandbox somehow and using internal browser APIs? Isn't what you need a security patch for your browser rather than an advert blocker?
I don't know how it's done, but it happens. Forbes Shuts Down Ads Serving Malware http://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2015/09/22/forbes...
If there genuinely is an exploit, an advert blocker isn't enough as you could put it on any website as well.
Therefore I wonder if it's possible that someone has a mis-informed definition of viruses and really it's something a little different, such as a simple link to actively download malware.
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> You're essentially pirating content now. Earlier, the websites were "pirating" his/her device & browser.
How did they do that, put a rootkit on his machine forcing all hits to them?
For a very long time, I did not want to use ad blockers. I have used ads in the past to monetize some of my own projects, and I really did not want to stab the creators of quality content. However, last week I finally reversed my decision and started using ad blockers. Why? Frankly, many sites are just greedy. Banners were ugly enough (and I tolerated them) but many sites these days show ads that cover the content, a…
And which are these websites that are using these dirty tricks?
Doesn't mean I'm going to get fucked by ad networks without protection.
It's not worth the risk.
For a very long time, I did not want to use ad blockers. I have used ads in the past to monetize some of my own projects, and I really did not want to stab the creators of quality content. However, last week I finally reversed my decision and started using ad blockers. Why? Frankly, many sites are just greedy. Banners were ugly enough (and I tolerated them) but many sites these days show ads that cover the content, a…
I both make a small amount of money from ads and also use AdBlocker. The thing is, I don't mind ads. The problem is that the people providing content should own and manage what ads they show me. This idea of allocating page space and then bidding it off? It only leads to click fraud, malware, and all sorts of other problems. Instead, write things I find useful, then provide me links -- text links -- to ways I might c…