AdBlock Plus wins in court

#1

Post by helly » Thu, May 28, 2015, 9:56 AM UTC

AdBlock Plus wins in court
bbc.com

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#2

Post by Fastidious » Thu, May 28, 2015, 10:14 AM UTC

Interestingly enough, AdBlock (different from the one the article refers to) blocks 7 ads on that page.

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#3

Post by jsingleton » Thu, May 28, 2015, 11:26 AM UTC

Fastidious wrote: post #2

Interestingly enough, AdBlock (different from the one the article refers to) blocks 7 ads on that page.

The BBC is weird. In the UK (bbc.co.uk) there are no ads as it's paid for by the license fee but abroad (bbc.com) there are ads as it's a different (commercial) entity.

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#4

Post by baldfat » Thu, May 28, 2015, 11:34 AM UTC

Personally I don't use Ad Blockers just due to the fact my own personal ethics feels I am stealing when I do use it.

When I am teaching I have ad blocker installed because I don't want to get in trouble for what advertisement will be shown, especially YouTube.

AdBlock Plus and their paid white list is the worst and I don't know why people use them.

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#5

Post by erikb » Thu, May 28, 2015, 11:36 AM UTC

TIL: Firefox has configurable tracking protection! https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/tracking-protection-fir...

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Post by mp3geek » Thu, May 28, 2015, 11:46 AM UTC

baldfat wrote: post #4

Personally I don't use Ad Blockers just due to the fact my own personal ethics feels I am stealing when I do use it. When I am teaching I have ad blocker installed because I don't want to get in trouble for what advertisement will be shown, especially YouTube. AdBlock Plus and their paid white list is the worst and I don't know why people use them.

If you want to disable "Acceptable Ads" in Adblock Plus, its still there. Nothing stopping you.

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Post by d_theorist » Thu, May 28, 2015, 11:46 AM UTC

Good. Although I prefer Ghostery.

The main thing for me isn't even blocking ads as such. The main thing is blocking the absurd amount of crappy javascript that clogs up my browser, in which I have no interest.

I find the unfiltered web insufferable these days.

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Post by easytiger » Thu, May 28, 2015, 11:48 AM UTC

baldfat wrote: post #4

Personally I don't use Ad Blockers just due to the fact my own personal ethics feels I am stealing when I do use it. When I am teaching I have ad blocker installed because I don't want to get in trouble for what advertisement will be shown, especially YouTube. AdBlock Plus and their paid white list is the worst and I don't know why people use them.

> Personally I don't use Ad Blockers just due to the fact my own personal ethics feels I am stealing when I do use it.

Sadly, I'm going to have to assert that's indicative of a dull mind. Controversial I'm sure but

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Post by sparaker » Thu, May 28, 2015, 11:50 AM UTC

baldfat wrote: post #4

Personally I don't use Ad Blockers just due to the fact my own personal ethics feels I am stealing when I do use it. When I am teaching I have ad blocker installed because I don't want to get in trouble for what advertisement will be shown, especially YouTube. AdBlock Plus and their paid white list is the worst and I don't know why people use them.

I don't use AdBlock Plus but i do use AdBlock. I think its my decision to choose which ads i watch and which i don't. It's not stealing, Webmasters can detect if someone is using AdBlock or not.

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Post by Kiro » Thu, May 28, 2015, 12:01 PM UTC

sparaker wrote: post #9

baldfat wrote: post #4

Personally I don't use Ad Blockers just due to the fact my own personal ethics feels I am stealing when I do use it. When I am teaching I have ad blocker installed because I don't want to get in trouble for what advertisement will be shown, especially YouTube. AdBlock Plus and their paid white list is the worst and I don't know why people use them.

I don't use AdBlock Plus but i do use AdBlock. I think its my decision to choose which ads i watch and which i don't. It's not stealing, Webmasters can detect if someone is using AdBlock or not.

> It's not stealing, Webmasters can detect if someone is using AdBlock or not.

So what's your view on sites blocking people with AdBlock?