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> "The ethics of ad blocking" I will never willingly click an ad, period. If I even as much as look at an ad, and if I decide the product merits a bit of my ti
by ominous 11y ago
> "The ethics of ad blocking"
I will never willingly click an ad, period. If I even as much as look at an ad, and if I decide the product merits a bit of my time, I will google for information on the product. Over the years I have learned to ignore ads. My brain must have, by now, a carefully arranged neural (eh) network that blocks out ads already. An ad blocker would only spare my devices the same problem. I can't remember the last time I saw an ad outside.
That said, ads are worthless of my time, bandwidth and screen space. I don't want to download your tracking gizmos, stock images, crafted keywords, animations, whatever.
Replace all ads with donate buttons, and I will accept them. And donate, if I enjoy your content.
- gambiter 11y agoI 99% agree. The 1% is for sites that advertise other things on the same site, which means they aren't using an ad service, but instead building their own advertising. The BBC is particularly good at this. When I'm reading an article, they have ads for other articles that I might be interested in. I've spent more time reading/watching articles and videos there than anywhere else. Of course, they could just be trying to keep me there so that I click their ads, but uBlock and Ghostery ensure that third-party ads don't display and I'm not tracked, so...