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Re: I Block Ads

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Post by jader201 »

petercooper wrote: post #82
bee_rider wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think there will be almost no posters here to defend ads, which is really something, given that this is a tech site and a whole lot of the sector is ad-driven. Hopefully this indicates that there will be room for something better soon. Or maybe it just indicates that the ad guys have so throughly beat us that they don’t even feel the need to come argue anymore.

Different topics suit different venues. HN, like any similar forum, is not suited to objective debate on all topics. On any forum, there are some topics where a broad consensus is held and maintained by participants. Advertising is one of those topics on HN.

I defended ads (to an extent) in a comment above [1], but it hasn't been received well (unsurprisingly).

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36048236

Re: I Block Ads

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Post by cdme »

nicenewtemp84 wrote: post #143
thorwagoog wrote: post #106

Am I the only person who thought that list was a poem? :) Here is how my mind read it: I block ads in the browser, I block their DNS I block beacons and the ping attribute in their URLs I block analytics, reporting, and diagnostic logging I block programmatic pleas to disable ad-blocking I strip query strings from UTM campaign tags I unshorten URLs to avoid tracking hacks I stop autoplay for the videos on my feed I b…

I took your text and asked chatgpt to turn it into a fun poem: I surf the web with playful glee, Blocking ads, just watch and see! In my browser, they won't appear, DNS blocked, they shed a tear. Beacons and pings, they can't track me, URLs confused, they cannot be. Analytics and logs, no data they'll find, Programmatic pleas, they're left behind. Campaign tags, I strip them bare, UTM queries, I won't share. Unshorte…

This put a smile on my face. Thank you.

Re: I Block Ads

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Post by nunez »

submeta wrote: post #43

Whenever I'm sitting in front of a computer that isn't using ad blockers, I'm shocked to see how polluted websites are, practically yelling at me, vying for my attention. How can folks concentrate on an article without ad blockers? Then there are those ads in YouTube videos and blog articles purporting to offer the reader something valuable when, in fact, they're packed with falsehoods ("xyz changed my life, and if y…

People ignore them, just like TV ads.

Re: I Block Ads

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Post by stalfosknight »

bombcar wrote: post #127
numbsafari wrote: post #66

I was stuck at an airport. I downloaded a free backgammon app on my iPhone, to kill some time. It showed me ads between every game. The ads were mostly for other apps. Most of those apps were games. Games that involved implied incestuous rape, non-consensual voyeurism, and other highly repulsive things. I just wanted to play backgammon. I uninstalled the app (thankfully, that's an easy thing to do on iOS, for now...)…

I just want simple games you pay your $2-5 for and you never see any ads. Apple should offer "App Store Plus" where you pay $10/20/30 whatever a month and all the ad-infested apps just show nothing.

It's called Apple Arcade.

Re: I Block Ads

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Post by nunez »

jredwards wrote: post #169
jjbinx007 wrote: post #72

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't think I have ADHD but trying to read a news website without an ad blocker actually triggers me a little. The content keeps moving around as the ads are pumped in, and then a video (often unrelated to the article) begins to play, and it's often impossible to close it. I'm unable to concentrate on the article. And then the ads change and a new batch is rotated in. Some of them try their best to obscure the cont…

I do have ADHD. The idea that people are out there just raw-dogging the internet with no ad-blockers makes me deeply uncomfortable.

> raw-dogging the Internet

Dann thats a great way of putting it.

So sad that this is what the Internet's become.

Re: I Block Ads

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Post by the_third_wave »

Even though large tracts of the 'net and many old and famous sites have fallen or may fall into the grip of the ad industry and all the odious apparatus of ad tech, we shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end, we shall fight on the web, we shall fight on the browsers and apps, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the routers, we shall defend our privacy and sanity, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on our phones, we shall fight on PCs, we shall fight in the OS space and in the repositories, we shall fight in the internet of things; we shall never surrender, and even if, which I do not for a moment believe, this project or a large part of it were subjugated and starving, then our users beyond the seas, armed and guarded by the power of free software, would carry on the struggle, until, in God's good time, the new decentralised 'net, with all its power and might, steps forth to the rescue and the liberation of the old.

Free after Sir Winston Churchill

Re: I Block Ads

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Post by stevenwliao »

PrimeMcFly wrote: post #170
jader201 wrote: post #144

There’s a lot of ad hate in this thread — and on HN in general — that sometimes feels a bit naive. In 2004, I started a small website on the side that had no business value at all. It was just a small community of video game fans (specifically Animal Crossing), and pretty quickly, the costs outgrew what I was willing to afford on my own. So I opened up donations. Unfortunately that didn’t get me very far, so I eventu…

> In 2004, I started a small website on the side that had no business value at all. It was just a small community of video game fans (specifically Animal Crossing), and pretty quickly, the costs outgrew what I was willing to afford on my own. > So I opened up donations. Unfortunately that didn’t get me very far A site that has to rely on ads to survive doesn't have a viable business model, or in your case interesting…

It is viable. Just not in a way that you accept.

Re: I Block Ads

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Post by bee_rider »

inetknght wrote: post #97
mikestew wrote: post #92

Earlier quoted context omitted.

gas stations have begun to play particularly loud/obnoxious video advertisements at the pump Just one more of the many reasons to drive electric. It's when I make the rare drive to a gas station in the ol' fossil burner that I'm reminded of what shit holes some gas stations have become. Half the pumps don't work, the card readers are full of skimmers, but by golly the video and audio work!

> Just one more of the many reasons to drive electric Oh yeah, just wait until your charging station installs ads. Then you're stuck watching an ad while your vehicle charges. That, of course, takes longer than inserting fuel into a tank. So more advertisements and more money for the charger!

Electric charging takes long enough that you don’t want to stick around, right? No captive audience for this type of ad.
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