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Ad blocking is really a war between regular users and criminals, with ad networks as the battlefield (and sometimes the criminals themselves) and content produc
by larrik 11y ago
Ad blocking is really a war between regular users and criminals, with ad networks as the battlefield (and sometimes the criminals themselves) and content producers/publishers as the civilians caught in the crossfire.
It's not the users' fault that not running ad-blocking is outright dangerous and stupid, and it's not always the website operators fault that their "trusted" ad networks let terrible things through constantly.
- lmm 11y agoOh but it is. The publishers went to the networks because they paid better, and never wondered where they were getting their advantages from.
- click170 11y agoCouldn't agree more. The fault for the state of web advertising these days lies squarely on advertising networks that do not vet their content. For a long time I used but did not recommend adblock to my trogladite friends and family. Sadly its gotten so bad that I've begun installing it on their machines on their behalf when they ask me for help with their computer because ad blockers are today what antivirus was 10 years ago. They're how you keep yourself safe online. Adblock usage won't change until the networks do.
- ad-hominem 11y ago> Ad blocking is really a war between regular users and criminals Oh, not wanting advertising networks all over the world sharing data about my internet usage makes me a criminal eh? Hyperbole much? It's free content, there's no assumption I am going to actually look at advertisements (or watch a commercial on TV, or listen to one on the radio). If somebody gets up during commercials to use the bathroom while watching Cheers reruns, are they also a criminal?
- shostack 11y agoCriminals? Really?
- kalleboo 11y agoI think he's referring to the people distributing malware though ad networks.