Yes. Every browser, every install. Porn sites would be unbearable without one.
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Poll: Do you use an Adblocker?
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#22I run Opera, which has a built-in content blocker. As a rule, I don't block ads because they're a revenue source for many sites and I consider them the cost of admission. If I consider the annoyance a fair exchange for the content then I'll accept the ads, and if I don't think the content is worth the ads then I won't use the site.
I will disable particular ads on a case-by-case basis that I consider pathologically aggravating (less than 1%), or when they disrupt page functionality. I also block several types of tracking functions that can aggregate an identity across multiple domains (I find no privacy issues with first-party analytics).
In the special case of floating overlays, I am a strange, strange person. I will not click on the close button, because I don't like clicking on an ad, even to close it. Instead, I will fire up the debugger and delete the ad from the DOM.
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#23Does disabling Flash and JavaScript on all but approved sites count? I've not noticed an ad in ages.
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#24I use Adblock Plus, but I really need to start looking for a new adblocker, because Adblock Plus has started adding various anti-features like an on-by-default ad whitelist and a horribly broken domain "typo correction" mechanism. These annoyances add extra prompts and configuration work needed at installation time, and make it more difficult to maintain unobtrusive Adblock Plus installations for non-technical users.
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#25Hell yeah i use an Adblocker, and i love having an outgoing firewall on my jailbroken ios devices -- I explicitly block all applications from contacting the advertising providers.
Advertising is evil and I will have no part of it. I don't care if your business model is advertising, you wont make a dime out of me.
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#26I don't see the point, really. My brain began unconsciously filtering out ads many years ago. At this point they barely register.
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#28I use an adblocker for everything. I do try to buy stuff from the stores of websites that I like to support them and encourage a revenue model that does not annoy me.
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#29The strong "Yes" vote here is another indicator as to why the media is jumping on the 'native ad' bandwagon: http://www.forbes.com/sites/chrisperry/2012/10/04/advertisin... (sometimes called 'content marketing', but it's not exactly the same)
Instead of slapping ads around the side of your page that can be blocked, you bust some holes in the Chinese wall and let advertising become involved in the narrative. There are tasteful and tasteless ways to do this (Monocle gets it right - http://www.psfk.com/2009/06/monocle-xs-brands-v-agencies.htm...) but you can choose new sources if you don't like what they do.
It's not an entirely new concept though. TV has been riddled with "integrated" content-based advertising for decades. Oprah doesn't just invite that famous author on to plug their book because they're friends.. ;-)
1004 days ago I was a lot more pessimistic about this trend on HN: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1172595 (Yes, I track too many links.) But I'm now somewhat supportive of the move as long as publications do it carefully and focus on the content above all else.
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#30I was using an adblocker until a SaaS provider that shall not be named asked me to stop using it so their product could work correctly, the internet has sucked since then.