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Anti-Adblock Killer

27 points by enzoavigo 11y ago

richerlariviere 11y ago
As an ad company, I Will make an anti-anti-Adblock killer. This is becoming ridiculous.
- self_awareness 11y ago
  Aren't you afraid of anti-anti-anti-Adblock killers?
- Eerie 11y ago
  Well, if you really want people to just stop visiting, go for it...
  - Mikushi 11y ago
    Sure, that'll save me cost on people who refuse to contribute for what they consume.
    - Eerie 11y ago
      It will also improve our society after you and your outdated and obnoxious business model become history.
- wallacoloo 11y ago
  That's the spirit - continue the cycle!
- deleted 11y ago
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- BenoitP 11y ago
  In the end, ads are displayed inside a browser that is under user's control. Through his connection to the internet, on his CPU, on his pixels, through his eyes, through his synapses. I think ad companies should start to consider collaborating with users. Honestly grabbed attention might make for better transforming ads. Honest question: Would you consider splitting revenue between publishers and users? Users would be renting their pixels, their attention. Users could then re-inject this money into internet services. Also, users could be incentivised to express their preferences, tastes, buying lists, buying habits, etc in exchange for better revenue. I mean I could pay to go through the NYT paywall with this! This could really help bootstrap microtransactions.
- akerro 11y ago
  Google for fuckAdBlock... then google for FuckFuckAdBlock
- enzoavigo 11y ago
  It seems most Adblock users are not especially proud of using adblock, nor do they support anti-advertising activism. I believe they use ad-blocker for practical reasons, not ideological. On too many sites, the invasion of pop-up windows and heavily animated ad has became an annoyance. Not only a visual one, but also a technical one. When a page loads, code sends a request to an ad server (+ sometimes third-party plug-in) to render the animated ads. Most of the time, these ads are poorly optimized. As a consequence, the computer’s CPU is heavily taxed. Consumer is always right. If he can't stand ads for practical reasons then it might be the time to re-think how we operate.
  - chei0aiV 11y ago
    I would guess that there is a large population of people who use adblock for ideological reasons; your right to display ads stops at my eyeballs.
amarvashishth 11y ago
google chrome does not allow installing it
provemewrong 11y ago
Deja vu [1] [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10729068 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10729068

Anti-Adblock Killer

27 points by enzoavigo 11y ago

richerlariviere 11y ago

As an ad company, I Will make an anti-anti-Adblock killer. This is becoming ridiculous.

self_awareness 11y ago
Aren't you afraid of anti-anti-anti-Adblock killers?
Eerie 11y ago
Well, if you really want people to just stop visiting, go for it...
- Mikushi 11y ago
  Sure, that'll save me cost on people who refuse to contribute for what they consume.
  - Eerie 11y ago
    It will also improve our society after you and your outdated and obnoxious business model become history.
wallacoloo 11y ago
That's the spirit - continue the cycle!
deleted 11y ago
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BenoitP 11y ago
In the end, ads are displayed inside a browser that is under user's control. Through his connection to the internet, on his CPU, on his pixels, through his eyes, through his synapses. I think ad companies should start to consider collaborating with users. Honestly grabbed attention might make for better transforming ads. Honest question: Would you consider splitting revenue between publishers and users? Users would be renting their pixels, their attention. Users could then re-inject this money into internet services. Also, users could be incentivised to express their preferences, tastes, buying lists, buying habits, etc in exchange for better revenue. I mean I could pay to go through the NYT paywall with this! This could really help bootstrap microtransactions.
akerro 11y ago
Google for fuckAdBlock... then google for FuckFuckAdBlock
enzoavigo 11y ago
It seems most Adblock users are not especially proud of using adblock, nor do they support anti-advertising activism. I believe they use ad-blocker for practical reasons, not ideological. On too many sites, the invasion of pop-up windows and heavily animated ad has became an annoyance. Not only a visual one, but also a technical one. When a page loads, code sends a request to an ad server (+ sometimes third-party plug-in) to render the animated ads. Most of the time, these ads are poorly optimized. As a consequence, the computer’s CPU is heavily taxed. Consumer is always right. If he can't stand ads for practical reasons then it might be the time to re-think how we operate.
- chei0aiV 11y ago
  I would guess that there is a large population of people who use adblock for ideological reasons; your right to display ads stops at my eyeballs.

amarvashishth 11y ago

google chrome does not allow installing it

provemewrong 11y ago

Deja vu [1] [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10729068 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10729068