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Doubt it. He probably just thought the app wasn't going to be so popular. He's selling a lot of copies and he just doesn't feel comfortable with it. Hats off to

Doubt it. He probably just thought the app wasn't going to be so popular. He's selling a lot of copies and he just doesn't feel comfortable with it. Hats off to Marco for putting his ethics first, not the money. I said this yesterday and I'm going to repeat myself in this thread: adblocking is not going to "fix" the web as people are saying, for the simple reason ad blockers block all ads, not only annoying ones. The big publishers probably are not going to even notice it, because they have other ways of making money, but the small blogger will have a hard time when the ads on his blog get blocked, probably the only source of income for his site. And we're forgetting people that can't afford anything besides some little AdSense ad to advertise their business. How are they going to reach people if all their ads get blocked?

inversionOf 11y ago
Hats off to Marco for putting his ethics first, not the money. I find this sentiment, and the moderation supporting it, incredible and almost a demonstration of the Stockholm Syndrome.
newscracker 11y ago
What stops the small blogger from trying to understand why ad revenues are falling and also writing a post asking readers how things can be improved? Readers who like the content will respond, and hopefully, a better ad network could be used and/or other monetization avenues could be considered. Marco has tweeted that he's giving the Peace app code to Ghostery. [1] That can't be considered ethical. That's like being a gunmaker, not feeling comfortable being one, pulling the product from the shelves, and still giving/selling the entire design, patents, manufacturing facilities, etc., to someone else to continue making it and selling it. In this case, even though Ghostery has had its block list and desktop browser extensions for quite sometime, it surely does not need Marco to give away the app's code to it, especially if he had a moral quandary about having made such an app. [1]: https://twitter.com/marcoarment/status/644939796624896000 https://twitter.com/marcoarment/status/644939796624896000

inversionOf 11y ago

Hats off to Marco for putting his ethics first, not the money. I find this sentiment, and the moderation supporting it, incredible and almost a demonstration of the Stockholm Syndrome.

newscracker 11y ago

What stops the small blogger from trying to understand why ad revenues are falling and also writing a post asking readers how things can be improved? Readers who like the content will respond, and hopefully, a better ad network could be used and/or other monetization avenues could be considered. Marco has tweeted that he's giving the Peace app code to Ghostery. [1] That can't be considered ethical. That's like being a gunmaker, not feeling comfortable being one, pulling the product from the shelves, and still giving/selling the entire design, patents, manufacturing facilities, etc., to someone else to continue making it and selling it. In this case, even though Ghostery has had its block list and desktop browser extensions for quite sometime, it surely does not need Marco to give away the app's code to it, especially if he had a moral quandary about having made such an app. [1]: https://twitter.com/marcoarment/status/644939796624896000 https://twitter.com/marcoarment/status/644939796624896000