If you really wanted to cause chaos in the macro scale then having it randomly select Ads to click would be better one would think. If an Ad network has multiple Ads on a page that were clicked I would suspect it would be easy to form some type of filter heuristic for that particular set of users. It may cause a slight bit of obfuscation for that particular "user" on their side, but as for the over all success of an Ad campaign it would not be hard to remove those entities that selected ALL the Ads assuming more than one is served on a page from a given network.
Ad blocker that clicks on the ads
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Re: Ad blocker that clicks on the ads
#162Earlier quoted context omitted.
> It's sick that sites show one price to mobile users and another to desktop users. Out of curiosity, which is cheaper?
Desktop generally. Also iPhone users frequently are quoted higher prices than Android users. I've seen this with my own eyes.
And car dealers sell the same car to two different people for two different prices. And Proctor & Gamble puts the same shampoo in an expensive bottle and a cheap bottle and sells them side by side.
I understand why you think this is unfair, but it just doesn't seem like that big a deal to me.
Re: Ad blocker that clicks on the ads
#163“ Most of you have browsers, and most of those browsers show you advertisements, and I’m very puzzled about why. The advertisements are annoying most of the time, they slow you down, they injure the concentration that you bring to whatever task it is that you’re doing, and there’s no reason why they show you advertisements; my browser doesn’t show me any advertisements. I don’t see any ads when I read The New York Ti…
Hm, so how viable would it be to launch a rebranded Firefox/Chromium that includes Adblock or HttpSwitchboard by default?
Call it BadFox! (Ban ADs fireFOX) The logo can be a fox with sunglasses and a leather jacket.
Re: Ad blocker that clicks on the ads
#164Earlier quoted context omitted.
Out of curiousity, if you were to go to one of your favorite sites that is currently ad supported, and the site admin presented a popup that states "We've detected you're using an ad blocker, we respectfully request not visiting our site." Would you respect the request or ignore it?
I wouldn't respect it. Because they publish a free content, and are taking advantage of many other Internet services, which provides them with free marketing - search engines, aggregators, social sites, etc. I can download their content and then display any subset I want - that is how WWW works. If they want to prevent me doing that, they should implement a pay-wall.
"Free marketing", doesn't make the creation of the content effortless. If you found an interesting article via Google or Twitter, (ostensibly) "free" marketing channels, does that mean the article magically popped into existence or did the journalist/content creator still have to put in time and effort to create it.
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#165I realize this won't be popular, but I really have no feelings for ad networks. - They allow shoddy security on their servers - They track users against their will - Info on me is sold w/o my knowledge or consent - Ads are a poor business model since they can be blocked - There is no moral imperative for me to view ads since I've paid to access the Interwebs I block all ads, tracking cookies, beacons, all of it... I…
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Re: Ad blocker that clicks on the ads
#166As someone who runs an ad-supported site, I would really prefer if you just blocked my ads and did not register fake clicks on them.
And there are also many donation-supported sites out there. Ads are, to me, unsolicited. You can maybe imply that by visiting your site I'm requesting them, but that'd be twisting it. Whereas donation is more user-initiated and/or site requested.
I run a site with both ads and donations. Users are able to disable ads, even without donating.
Would you like to guess how our donations stack up to our ad revenue? We currently have to raise $200/month to break even.
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#167Earlier quoted context omitted.
Because who needs reasons? ... So, why..?
Because he can get banned from ad services for having fake clicks.
Actually we don't use ad networks, we sell our own ads. But we want to be able to provide honest numbers of impressions and clicks to our advertisers and we definitely want to know which ads preform well with our readers and which don't. The goal is to have ads people actually want to see.
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#168Good effort in disrupting the online advertisement market, which for many websites is their primary source of revenue.
This is not disrupting; to disrupt you need to replace it with something. This is just destroying.
Re: Ad blocker that clicks on the ads
#169Earlier quoted context omitted.
You really want to live in a world where every single site is behind a paywall? because that is what you are advocating.
I glady pay for Internet access, cable TV, the cinema, magazines, other content I view. The problem I have is with tracking. Ads should never do anything save show an ad. There should be no attempt to learn about me or track me or sell my data. Magazines I buy don't track me. I ignore ads in the cinema by whiling away that time on my mobile, I FF thru DVRd programs at home. I've paid already. I'm not viewing your dre…
So you don't mind ads as long as they are completely random ads that you may not care about. But if they try to get some info about you to show ads that you might actually be interested in, then you are pissed? What!? What do you think they are doing with this information? All they are doing is catering ads to your preferences.
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#170"AdNauseam serves as a means of amplifying users' discontent with advertising networks that disregard privacy and facilitate bulk surveillance agendas." Is it really a privacy issue to track what ads you click and use that information to target advertisements to you later? I never understand the outrage against targeted ads. You are going to get ads no matter what. That is how "free" content works. Would you rather t…
>Is it really a privacy issue to track what ads you click and use that information to target advertisements to you later? I found it hard to reply to this and I think its because you framed the question in a strange way. Targeted advertisement is not only based on what ads you click, but also the sites you visit and the stuff you view on them. If targeted advertising only worked based on what you'd click I wouldn't h…
So what? If they are using that information to cater ads to you, what is the problem? What are they using this information for other than targeting ads?