Pale Moon blocks AdNauseam extension
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Pale Moon blocks AdNauseam extension
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Re: Pale Moon blocks AdNauseam extension
#2Can't people just compile their own version sans-censorship?
Re: Pale Moon blocks AdNauseam extension
#3Can't people just compile their own version sans-censorship?
Seems like the block isn't hardcoded, so you don't even have to do that.
Re: Pale Moon blocks AdNauseam extension
#4Can't people just compile their own version sans-censorship?
That's a lot of effort. Most people would either switch browser or choose a normal ad blocker instead.
Re: Pale Moon blocks AdNauseam extension
#5Can't people just compile their own version sans-censorship?
Sure, but then it won't auto-update, requires the user to make more than a minimal effort to install, etc.
Re: Pale Moon blocks AdNauseam extension
#6From a quick glance at the thread it seems this "extension blacklist" can be quite easily disabled, and the discussion centers more around the position of the author. Perhaps he has a stake in ad companies too? It's not as if it's difficult to revert the change itself either, fork the project, and keep going:
https://github.com/MoonchildProductions/Pale-Moon/commit/fe7...
Because this extension causes direct and indirect economic damage to website owners, it is classified as malware, and as such blocked.
The same argument has been applied to adblockers...
Re: Pale Moon blocks AdNauseam extension
#7That AdNauseam causes potential damage to people running ads and generating revenue from ads by devaluing clicks is a feature, not a bug.
My understanding of the plugin is that it views advertising as universally bad, and that if a site cannot survive without ads, it must not be worth much at all, and deserves to die.
I wholeheartedly agree with this view.
Re: Pale Moon blocks AdNauseam extension
#8Can't people just compile their own version sans-censorship?
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Re: Pale Moon blocks AdNauseam extension
#9Can't people just compile their own version sans-censorship?
Seems like the block isn't hardcoded, so you don't even have to do that.
It looks like it is not even "blocked", just placed on a list:
>"Probably the biggest issue is (as Grainfrog said) one of word choice, that using the word "blocked" in the title was less constructive than, say, announcing "AdNauseam moved to malware list", and then explaining what this feature is (before now I was not entirely aware of it, personally) and that users may choose to opt out of this feature if they wish to install any of the items listed therein."
Re: Pale Moon blocks AdNauseam extension
#10Can't people just compile their own version sans-censorship?
You can remove the "censorship" with a 30-second config change. I don't understand why the people on that forum are so up in arms about something this trivial.