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How adblocking matures from no ads to safe ads

12 points by kawera 11y ago

anonyfox 11y ago
"matures"? Fuck it. While I do accept google adsense like ads, plain text, when they don't do any tracking or expensive JS, everything else just should die in a fire. "acceptable ads" isn't even a joke, it's outright a mafia-business. And by the way, "acceptable" only means "the advertisers pay to pass", not "this ad is good, interesting and relevant".
liotier 11y ago
The maturity of adblocking is no ads. Are advertisers so convinced of their own propaganda that they really believe that users find any ad acceptable ? any hijacking of attention, any encroachment on display real estate, any consumption of computing resources for any use but the user's intended use is user-hostile and will elicit user response in the form of blocking. The user will take control of his environment - the rest of the debate is moot.
- bcg1 11y ago
  Quit complaining, they're just trying to provide you with a more personalized browsing experience! This is what people want, studies have shown that 52.97% of people would rather be tracked and have more targeted ads than just random ones. Its not just a benefit for advertisers, its a benefit for us all. Besides, if online advertising gets scaled back, how will Silicon Valley justify all the forward earnings that are built into the projections on which IPO valuations are based? Learn to love it, it is for your own good, really.
  - arpa 11y ago
    I think you forgot this: <sarcasm> </sarcasm>
nugget 11y ago
I'm surprised someone of Doc Searls' influence would give ABP's acceptable ads policies any credence whatsoever given how blatantly extortionist they are.
rffn 11y ago
Adblocking does not mature to safe ads. It corrupts.
fwn 11y ago
I think "maturing" is the wrong term even if abps acceptable ads program is seen as something good. (Ad-/content-)"Blocking" is not a flexible term. Maturing sounds to me like adding more granular tools and options. (For example the stuff you can see in ublock origin) Being leaky over time is something I would name something like rotting. Adblock is rotting from no ads to save ads.

12 points by kawera 11y ago

"matures"? Fuck it. While I do accept google adsense like ads, plain text, when they don't do any tracking or expensive JS, everything else just should die in a fire. "acceptable ads" isn't even a joke, it's outright a mafia-business. And by the way, "acceptable" only means "the advertisers pay to pass", not "this ad is good, interesting and relevant".

liotier 11y ago

The maturity of adblocking is no ads. Are advertisers so convinced of their own propaganda that they really believe that users find any ad acceptable ? any hijacking of attention, any encroachment on display real estate, any consumption of computing resources for any use but the user's intended use is user-hostile and will elicit user response in the form of blocking. The user will take control of his environment - the rest of the debate is moot.

bcg1 11y ago
Quit complaining, they're just trying to provide you with a more personalized browsing experience! This is what people want, studies have shown that 52.97% of people would rather be tracked and have more targeted ads than just random ones. Its not just a benefit for advertisers, its a benefit for us all. Besides, if online advertising gets scaled back, how will Silicon Valley justify all the forward earnings that are built into the projections on which IPO valuations are based? Learn to love it, it is for your own good, really.
- arpa 11y ago
  I think you forgot this: <sarcasm> </sarcasm>

nugget 11y ago

I'm surprised someone of Doc Searls' influence would give ABP's acceptable ads policies any credence whatsoever given how blatantly extortionist they are.

rffn 11y ago

Adblocking does not mature to safe ads. It corrupts.

fwn 11y ago

I think "maturing" is the wrong term even if abps acceptable ads program is seen as something good. (Ad-/content-)"Blocking" is not a flexible term. Maturing sounds to me like adding more granular tools and options. (For example the stuff you can see in ublock origin) Being leaky over time is something I would name something like rotting. Adblock is rotting from no ads to save ads.