Adblock buying ads to advertise Adblock

Post by ponyous » Mon, Aug 26, 2013, 10:57 AM UTC

jkhaxxe wrote: post #12

k_bx wrote: post #11

I'd understand the use of adblock that only blocks annoying ads, like pop-ups or animation / sound. But why would sane person block regular ads?

Because I'm paying for the bandwidth, and because I'm there for the content, not the adverts, and because I can - it's my computer, I can decide what it does.

Post by philliphaydon » Mon, Aug 26, 2013, 11:06 AM UTC

ErikHuisman wrote: post #17

dm2 wrote: post #13

How likely would advertisers be to refuse to allow the Adblock ads? I don't really have a problem with ads on websites, experienced users can easily block them, but I see no problem with providing ads for a free service. Many organizations only have three methods to generate revenue, either show advertisements, have paid memberships, or take donations. Google shows advertisements, Apple has paid memberships, Wikipedi…

"Plus if Adblock is actually successful and the online advertising industry collapses, then they will be putting themselves out of business." Even worse. Some of these companies (not adblock) are asking protection money from big advertisers to be whitelisted. Mafia style.

Post by 4ad » Mon, Aug 26, 2013, 11:11 AM UTC

k_bx wrote: post #11

I'd understand the use of adblock that only blocks annoying ads, like pop-ups or animation / sound. But why would sane person block regular ads?

Post by jkhaxxe » Mon, Aug 26, 2013, 11:13 AM UTC

sdoering wrote: post #21

jkhaxxe wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So? Perhaps they would also like to block the ads at the server side, and save themselves the bill? But more seriously, I don't care about their bills. They're delivering HTML over an open network connection - what I do with that HTML is entirely up to me. If they don't like that there's nothing they can do about it.

Greetings, > I don't care about their bills [sarcasm] How farsighted. Oh how very farsighted. [sarcasm off] So you really do not care about their service being shut down, because it could not pay for itself? I mean, people working there to produce content, hardware to run the service, bandwidth, and so on...

Post by dylangs1030 » Mon, Aug 26, 2013, 11:15 AM UTC

ponyous wrote: post #20

dm2 wrote: post #13

How likely would advertisers be to refuse to allow the Adblock ads? I don't really have a problem with ads on websites, experienced users can easily block them, but I see no problem with providing ads for a free service. Many organizations only have three methods to generate revenue, either show advertisements, have paid memberships, or take donations. Google shows advertisements, Apple has paid memberships, Wikipedi…

I completely agree. If I could reinvent adblock I would create it so only false ads would have been blocked. By that I mean false download buttons, fake iphone winnings, insert your phone number for iq test, etc...