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Re: German freemail sites trick Firefox and Chrome users into removing AdBlock

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Post by _pghu »

mendelk wrote: post #107
adrianmn wrote: post #43

As someone that has been involved in online publishing for over 10 years I have a strong opinion about ad blockers. In my opinion using ad blockers is borderline piracy. Refusing the content creator his revenue by blocking his ads is little different than downloading music, books... without rewarding the creator. On top of that most of the quality content this days is on websites that have decent ads. I am not trying…

ABP for Chrome has the "Allow some non-intrusive advertising" flag for precisely this reason: to reward creators who use ads deemed "acceptable". This flag is checked by default. More Info: https://adblockplus.org/en/acceptable-ads

The problem is that "acceptable" in this context means "paid protection money to the ABP dev".

(see https://adblockplus.org/en/acceptable-ads-agreements)

Re: German freemail sites trick Firefox and Chrome users into removing AdBlock

#122

Post by [deleted] »

netrus wrote: post #110
mindslight wrote: post #101

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As someone who has used an ad blocker for over 10 years, I have a strong opinion about the ad industry. Die out, go away, and let us get back to the point where the motivation to publish something on the 'net stems from the desire to share knowledge. To hell with the cacophonous status quo of doing the bare minimum to trick people into giving you their attention in order to fill their head with garbage for a fraction…

I dont get your comment. Not content delivery is expensive, but content creation Do you want a net without professional journalism?! Or do you prefer paywalls? Or donations? I am in favor of a great coordinated blackout campaign by the large content providers. Dont want to see ads? Fine, pay a dollar via Paypal to see the site - or go away.

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Re: German freemail sites trick Firefox and Chrome users into removing AdBlock

#123

Post by [deleted] »

netrus wrote: post #110
mindslight wrote: post #101

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As someone who has used an ad blocker for over 10 years, I have a strong opinion about the ad industry. Die out, go away, and let us get back to the point where the motivation to publish something on the 'net stems from the desire to share knowledge. To hell with the cacophonous status quo of doing the bare minimum to trick people into giving you their attention in order to fill their head with garbage for a fraction…

I dont get your comment. Not content delivery is expensive, but content creation Do you want a net without professional journalism?! Or do you prefer paywalls? Or donations? I am in favor of a great coordinated blackout campaign by the large content providers. Dont want to see ads? Fine, pay a dollar via Paypal to see the site - or go away.

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Re: German freemail sites trick Firefox and Chrome users into removing AdBlock

#124

Post by [deleted] »

netrus wrote: post #110
mindslight wrote: post #101

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As someone who has used an ad blocker for over 10 years, I have a strong opinion about the ad industry. Die out, go away, and let us get back to the point where the motivation to publish something on the 'net stems from the desire to share knowledge. To hell with the cacophonous status quo of doing the bare minimum to trick people into giving you their attention in order to fill their head with garbage for a fraction…

I dont get your comment. Not content delivery is expensive, but content creation Do you want a net without professional journalism?! Or do you prefer paywalls? Or donations? I am in favor of a great coordinated blackout campaign by the large content providers. Dont want to see ads? Fine, pay a dollar via Paypal to see the site - or go away.

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Re: German freemail sites trick Firefox and Chrome users into removing AdBlock

#125

Post by [deleted] »

netrus wrote: post #110
mindslight wrote: post #101

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As someone who has used an ad blocker for over 10 years, I have a strong opinion about the ad industry. Die out, go away, and let us get back to the point where the motivation to publish something on the 'net stems from the desire to share knowledge. To hell with the cacophonous status quo of doing the bare minimum to trick people into giving you their attention in order to fill their head with garbage for a fraction…

I dont get your comment. Not content delivery is expensive, but content creation Do you want a net without professional journalism?! Or do you prefer paywalls? Or donations? I am in favor of a great coordinated blackout campaign by the large content providers. Dont want to see ads? Fine, pay a dollar via Paypal to see the site - or go away.

[deleted]

Re: German freemail sites trick Firefox and Chrome users into removing AdBlock

#126

Post by [deleted] »

netrus wrote: post #110
mindslight wrote: post #101

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As someone who has used an ad blocker for over 10 years, I have a strong opinion about the ad industry. Die out, go away, and let us get back to the point where the motivation to publish something on the 'net stems from the desire to share knowledge. To hell with the cacophonous status quo of doing the bare minimum to trick people into giving you their attention in order to fill their head with garbage for a fraction…

I dont get your comment. Not content delivery is expensive, but content creation Do you want a net without professional journalism?! Or do you prefer paywalls? Or donations? I am in favor of a great coordinated blackout campaign by the large content providers. Dont want to see ads? Fine, pay a dollar via Paypal to see the site - or go away.

[deleted]

Re: German freemail sites trick Firefox and Chrome users into removing AdBlock

#127

Post by [deleted] »

netrus wrote: post #110
mindslight wrote: post #101

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As someone who has used an ad blocker for over 10 years, I have a strong opinion about the ad industry. Die out, go away, and let us get back to the point where the motivation to publish something on the 'net stems from the desire to share knowledge. To hell with the cacophonous status quo of doing the bare minimum to trick people into giving you their attention in order to fill their head with garbage for a fraction…

I dont get your comment. Not content delivery is expensive, but content creation Do you want a net without professional journalism?! Or do you prefer paywalls? Or donations? I am in favor of a great coordinated blackout campaign by the large content providers. Dont want to see ads? Fine, pay a dollar via Paypal to see the site - or go away.

[deleted]

Re: German freemail sites trick Firefox and Chrome users into removing AdBlock

#128

Post by [deleted] »

netrus wrote: post #110
mindslight wrote: post #101

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As someone who has used an ad blocker for over 10 years, I have a strong opinion about the ad industry. Die out, go away, and let us get back to the point where the motivation to publish something on the 'net stems from the desire to share knowledge. To hell with the cacophonous status quo of doing the bare minimum to trick people into giving you their attention in order to fill their head with garbage for a fraction…

I dont get your comment. Not content delivery is expensive, but content creation Do you want a net without professional journalism?! Or do you prefer paywalls? Or donations? I am in favor of a great coordinated blackout campaign by the large content providers. Dont want to see ads? Fine, pay a dollar via Paypal to see the site - or go away.

[deleted]

Re: German freemail sites trick Firefox and Chrome users into removing AdBlock

#129

Post by [deleted] »

netrus wrote: post #110
mindslight wrote: post #101

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As someone who has used an ad blocker for over 10 years, I have a strong opinion about the ad industry. Die out, go away, and let us get back to the point where the motivation to publish something on the 'net stems from the desire to share knowledge. To hell with the cacophonous status quo of doing the bare minimum to trick people into giving you their attention in order to fill their head with garbage for a fraction…

I dont get your comment. Not content delivery is expensive, but content creation Do you want a net without professional journalism?! Or do you prefer paywalls? Or donations? I am in favor of a great coordinated blackout campaign by the large content providers. Dont want to see ads? Fine, pay a dollar via Paypal to see the site - or go away.

[deleted]

Re: German freemail sites trick Firefox and Chrome users into removing AdBlock

#130

Post by [deleted] »

netrus wrote: post #110
mindslight wrote: post #101

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As someone who has used an ad blocker for over 10 years, I have a strong opinion about the ad industry. Die out, go away, and let us get back to the point where the motivation to publish something on the 'net stems from the desire to share knowledge. To hell with the cacophonous status quo of doing the bare minimum to trick people into giving you their attention in order to fill their head with garbage for a fraction…

I dont get your comment. Not content delivery is expensive, but content creation Do you want a net without professional journalism?! Or do you prefer paywalls? Or donations? I am in favor of a great coordinated blackout campaign by the large content providers. Dont want to see ads? Fine, pay a dollar via Paypal to see the site - or go away.

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