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Re: Users are massively giving their 1-star reviews to AdBlocker

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That's a good point, but you also explained why it's not too much of a concern. There are ways to fully control it, but it's all server side. The best protected content is the content never served. They're stuck in a situation where the business model is pissing off (some of) their users, and they want to turn ad blocking users into either ad viewers (not going to happen) or paying customers (limited but possible suc…

> they want to turn ad blocking users into either ad viewers (not going to happen) Actually if a niche is well-defined, and you don't push anything off-topic, this can work very well. My example: I often watch the DevOps Toolkit videos on YT (with the guy who works for Crossplane now), including sponsor block and often find something interesting and try it out. Some details to share: * DVT advertised Civo as the fast…

Yeah, that's not for me. Ads don't encourage me to buy products, they annoy me. Especially if it's a brand I've already engaged with by buying their products. For example, don't serve Verizon ads to Verizon customers!

Better yet, let me decide where what little capital I have will go. I don't need LLCs telling me what to buy, I know what I want better than they do.

Re: Users are massively giving their 1-star reviews to AdBlocker

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Why is anyone not using uBlock Origin? Raymond's proven so far he won't be shady, and has made a tool that's incredibly resilient to anything the server side can do. The adblocker wars cannot be won by the serving side. There will always be a way to browse the Web without ads, or there will simply be fewer people using the Web; they will move onto other protocols where they can avoid ads.. at least until the marketer…

> Our culture needs to confront the fact that people are tired of their attention being diverted from their goals every day just so some dumb companies can remind us they exist. This seems like an argument against non-targeted/contextual ads only? Because goals and ads can align.

> Because goals and ads can align.

If one is a rube, sure. Psychologically savvy people won't fall to such obvious attempts to manipulate.

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