I'm a bit tired of the AD blocking debate. There will always be two camps in this; the tech savvy, and the web consumers who think Facebook is the Internet. Lum

I'm a bit tired of the AD blocking debate. There will always be two camps in this; the tech savvy, and the web consumers who think Facebook is the Internet. Lumping people into these two categories only ever worked for computers and the web, because remember; a computer is unforgiving, the programs that execute on it are unforgiving, and a computer is only as smart as its user. With very fine grained precision I can allow what traffic I want to see on my network, and I do not apologize for that. In the end AD blocking is about control structures trickling down into the consumer web. If it is the case where I am paid better than stupid people because I know how to serve them ADs better, then I suppose I win on a hermetic level; I have recast the purpose of a computer; which is something to do my bidding, and made it a mere device and gimmick for my users. If on the other hand users are in control and I try to seize back that control, then I am in a silly game of cat and mouse, and this becomes a game of who can devise the smartest way to outsmart smart people. Not the game I want to play. Money is about keeping the channels open to receive an exchange, and if there are hangups by web publishers about whether they should disband AD networks because of AD blockers, then the game is lost. Just open up more channels. Seek out other ways to monetize: https://gist.github.com/ndarville/4295324 https://gist.github.com/ndarville/4295324 Also similar: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4924647 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4924647