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Do you guys even know of Adblock Plus?
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Adblock Plus is not recommended as by default it allows certain promoted ads to show if it deems them unobtrusive. I think they actually receive profits from ads, which is asinine for an adblocking entity.
On the other hand, uBlock does much more than just block ads. First of all, it blocks all ads, and it blocks other trackers and annoyances from Facebook, Google, as well as having the ability to add custom rules for bypassing certain types of popovers, and to clean up tracking data that often gets appended when you click a URL.
Am I the only one that has a problem with this? Unless you're paying for use of a site then aren't you basically being entitled to someone else's labor?
Someone made the site, created the content, and hosted it for consumption. Until money isn't necessary for survival it seems reasonable to make sure they're compensated for it.
Ads nowadays are
That's a no from me
If you're blocking them all how do you know how obtrusive or obnoxious they are?
Secondarily, why do you think that is? Have they gotten more or less instant since ad blockers have been an option?
I'm not at all against ad blockers. I've got a Pi-hole myself. I just think blocking every ad ever is doing a lot more for the problem than it is to help
Every now and then, I deactivate my blocker because I'm curious to see, and I almost throw up
Sounds like a pretty weak constitution if you can't stomach looking at something so mundane. I hope you don't drive.
And great job ignoring the other part.
Aren't you a nice fella
Nice enough to be considerate of the low level employees who only have jobs because the company they work for has ads on their site.
If these ads were unobtrusive, off to the side, not serving as trackers, and not speaking the most flashy design language someone's ever screamed at me, then I would respect them.
Everyone's gotta pay the bills, but todays online ads make up quite a few of the reasons the modern internet turned to shit.
Then it's not every ad. That's the whole thing I've been trying to establish to plenty of people this whole time.