Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm still using uBlock for Safari until Origin is ported.
Don't, use an ad blocker that uses the native content block API, rather than JavaScript.
Such as?
Adblock Plus now sells ads
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Re: Adblock Plus now sells ads
#52Adblock needs an adblocker. An adblock-blocker, if you will.
Well, there is https://fuckadblock.sitexw.fr/
And, of course, https://github.com/Mechazawa/FuckFuckAdblock
Re: Adblock Plus now sells ads
#53I, for one, agree with them. We started blocking ads because they had become 1. obnoxious, interfering with the fruition of the actual content; 2. dangerous, being a vector for malware and disrespecting our privacy; and 3. costly, for those with a slow or metered connection. Most people accept ads, if they are acceptable. They are the first company to actually push through with a plan to restore this market to sanity…
I block ads because they're annoying and I resent being sold something constantly. I have no qualms doing it because what I choose to do with the HTML I freely receive from a server on my own private computer is no one else's business. If websites want to force me to view ads, they can get me to sign a contract and compensate me for it.
Re: Adblock Plus now sells ads
#54I, for one, agree with them. We started blocking ads because they had become 1. obnoxious, interfering with the fruition of the actual content; 2. dangerous, being a vector for malware and disrespecting our privacy; and 3. costly, for those with a slow or metered connection. Most people accept ads, if they are acceptable. They are the first company to actually push through with a plan to restore this market to sanity…
Well, the royal "we", perhaps :-) I started blocking ads because they dramatically slowed down my browsing experience. But I keep blocking ads because, fundamentally, I believe that advertisements are neurotoxins, and nobody has the right to poison me. The old Sean Tejaratchi quote - popularized by Banksy - applies here, I think - http://www.readingfrenzy.com/ledger/2012/03/taking_the_piss
>> "I believe that advertisements are neurotoxins, and nobody has the right to poison me."
And you have no right to the content you're viewing but blocking ads on. If you really consider ads 'poison' surely boycotting sites that use ads is the solution or offering an alternative solution this is actually viable.
Re: Adblock Plus now sells ads
#55This is nothing but a pirate business model, it's deplorable. Blocking ads alone is pretty bad but wedging yourself into the middle and then collecting a marketplace fee is nothing short of a pirate move.
Re: Adblock Plus now sells ads
#56Earlier quoted context omitted.
Don't, use an ad blocker that uses the native content block API, rather than JavaScript.
Such as?
Re: Adblock Plus now sells ads
#57I, for one, agree with them. We started blocking ads because they had become 1. obnoxious, interfering with the fruition of the actual content; 2. dangerous, being a vector for malware and disrespecting our privacy; and 3. costly, for those with a slow or metered connection. Most people accept ads, if they are acceptable. They are the first company to actually push through with a plan to restore this market to sanity…
I disagree with them.
To me, ads are unacceptable. They steal your attention and polute your mind with subtle signaling and behavioural patterns. I applaud iniciatives like São Paolo's outdoors ad ban [1], and wish it were implemented in many more cities.
Re: Adblock Plus now sells ads
#58Adblock Plus sold out a long time ago. I switched to uBlock about a year ago, and haven't looked back.
Note the difference between μBlock and μBlock Origins.
The dev of uBlock directs users to download and use uBlock Origin instead.
I can't understand why they couldn't transfer the name and put it all under uBlock again, that'd make it a whole lot easier.
Re: Adblock Plus now sells ads
#59Why don't more people use hosts files and apps like gas mask to switch them?
uMatrix Origin does this really well.
Re: Adblock Plus now sells ads
#60No such thing as an acceptable ad.
Then pay for content. Ads are how people who provide free content make money. Yes, they are often offensive (visually, not necessarily the content), slow to load, and contain or utilize some of tracker or retargeting mechanism. But if you can remove those and you basically just have a PNG telling you about a product or service, that is the very definition of acceptable. But to freely consume content from someone (whe…
I do actually pay for content. And I do so gladly.
But the fundamental problem with ads is that, even when they are unobstrusive, don't invade my privacy and don't compromise my security, they still are inherently manipulative and therefore unethical. The Internet was designed to exchange information. How I then choose to display that information is up to me. Ad-based businesses are tolerated, but have no claim to the internet. I will continue to block every ad I can and businesses will have to adapt, or die. I won't shed a tear for them.