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Re: Show HN: Where Adblock+ injects 20K CSS rules, HTTPSB injects one

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Post by StavrosK »

joosters wrote: post #91
rwallace wrote: post #13

Given that advertising pays for a lot of the services we all use, the use of Adblock and similar programs constitutes defection in game theory terms - the more people who do it, the worse off we all are - which means even if you choose to do it yourself (I personally don't), it is against your interests to encourage other people to do it. Also, given that computing is one of very few areas of technology in which our…

Banksy says it best: People are taking the piss out of you everyday. They butt into your life, take a cheap shot at you and then disappear. They leer at you from tall buildings and make you feel small. They make flippant comments from buses that imply you’re not sexy enough and that all the fun is happening somewhere else. They are on TV making your girlfriend feel inadequate. They have access to the most sophisticat…

The salient part is "public space". Websites aren't public space.

Re: Show HN: Where Adblock+ injects 20K CSS rules, HTTPSB injects one

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Post by pritambaral »

nikolak wrote: post #113
Sprint wrote: post #63

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Then HTTPSB is not the right extension for you.

Then it should not be compared to adblock.

That is not what is happening in the post. Only the filtering/element-hiding capabilities of both are being compared.

Re: Show HN: Where Adblock+ injects 20K CSS rules, HTTPSB injects one

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Post by test1235 »

__david__ wrote: post #26
shanelja wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't think I've ever had the need for 30 tabs; the magic of the internet is that if I ever need to see a specific website, I can just type in a URL.

I use tabs/windows as a todo list. I have 84 tabs open in my main window, and 36 windows open. Mostly I have 1 window per task, each with a few to a dozen tabs of related stuff. When I complete a task (or decide not to pursue it) I close the window. It's not the best way of organizing, but it actually fits my ADD/scattershot style of working pretty well.

I'm interested - what are each of your to-dos? Are they like, articles to read or are they actually specific pieces of work, say like, a wordpress page to edit?

Re: Show HN: Where Adblock+ injects 20K CSS rules, HTTPSB injects one

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Post by stefantalpalaru »

StavrosK wrote: post #121
joosters wrote: post #91

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Banksy says it best: People are taking the piss out of you everyday. They butt into your life, take a cheap shot at you and then disappear. They leer at you from tall buildings and make you feel small. They make flippant comments from buses that imply you’re not sexy enough and that all the fun is happening somewhere else. They are on TV making your girlfriend feel inadequate. They have access to the most sophisticat…

The salient part is "public space". Websites aren't public space.

> Websites aren't public space.

The internet is.

Re: Show HN: Where Adblock+ injects 20K CSS rules, HTTPSB injects one

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Post by Anderkent »

rwallace wrote: post #13

Given that advertising pays for a lot of the services we all use, the use of Adblock and similar programs constitutes defection in game theory terms - the more people who do it, the worse off we all are - which means even if you choose to do it yourself (I personally don't), it is against your interests to encourage other people to do it. Also, given that computing is one of very few areas of technology in which our…

> the more people who do it, the worse off we all are

No, that's totally not true. The more people who do it, the more pressure on advertisers to actually make less distracting ads - so that people don't feel like they have to block them. That's good.

Re: Show HN: Where Adblock+ injects 20K CSS rules, HTTPSB injects one

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Post by EvanAnderson »

StavrosK wrote: post #121
joosters wrote: post #91

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Banksy says it best: People are taking the piss out of you everyday. They butt into your life, take a cheap shot at you and then disappear. They leer at you from tall buildings and make you feel small. They make flippant comments from buses that imply you’re not sexy enough and that all the fun is happening somewhere else. They are on TV making your girlfriend feel inadequate. They have access to the most sophisticat…

The salient part is "public space". Websites aren't public space.

A website displays on _my_ computer. I should have more control over that "space" than a "public space", for sure. There's nothing wrong with wanting complete control of how my computer is being used.

If the business model of the advertisers requires that they trust that my computer displays their ads then I see it as their fault for misplacing their trust.

Re: Show HN: Where Adblock+ injects 20K CSS rules, HTTPSB injects one

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Post by simonbrown »

rwallace wrote: post #13

Given that advertising pays for a lot of the services we all use, the use of Adblock and similar programs constitutes defection in game theory terms - the more people who do it, the worse off we all are - which means even if you choose to do it yourself (I personally don't), it is against your interests to encourage other people to do it. Also, given that computing is one of very few areas of technology in which our…

It's possible to apply to have your ads unblocked if they're unobtrusive.

https://eyeo.com/acceptable-ads-application.html

Re: Show HN: Where Adblock+ injects 20K CSS rules, HTTPSB injects one

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Post by gorhill »

guelo wrote: post #74

Not sure how a Chrome-only plugin is supposed to help with Firefox memory consumption.

It's a problem specific to ABP (both in Firefox and Chrome).

I posted links to the (GPLv3) javascript code at the end of the article, and explained that it is rather modular, i.e. easy to import and adapt.

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