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"Here's the thing about ad blockers...We get it, ads aren't what you are here for" That continues to amaze me from wired...I know they of all outlets are proba
by avs733 11y ago
"Here's the thing about ad blockers...We get it, ads aren't what you are here for"
That continues to amaze me from wired...I know they of all outlets are probably seeing a higher rate of ad blockers, but my use of adblocker is driven far less by what information your website transmits, and far more by what it collects.
If you just showed me ads I would grumpily accept...If you show me ads for flights to Australia because I have conversation near my cellphone yesterday about wanting to visit someday and the day before that looked at hipmunk then you can go screw yourself.
Edit to add:
ublock blocked 45% of the page and ghostery blocked another 21 trackers and other assorted items including this wonderful piece of software called 'Yieldbot'
"Relevance is our business. Yieldbot is the first technology that directly connects the intent of Publisher visitors to Search advertisers in realtime. We dramatically increases publisher understanding of their visitors and connect them to massive new advertising budgets."
- cmdrfred 11y agoublock has a anti-ublock list that removes nonsense like that.
- detaro 11y agoublock all scripts, including inline ones.
- bsharitt 11y agoI don't mind being showed ads. It's being packed up and sold as the product I have a problem with.
- thomnottom 11y agoThankfully I think I read this article back in '94. I seem to recall a picture of a guy holding a shotgun and the satellite dish behind him. I don't remember any of the ads...
- knowaveragejoe 11y ago>If you show me ads for flights to Australia because I have conversation near my cellphone yesterday about wanting to visit someday and the day before that looked at hipmunk then you can go screw yourself. Does this actually happen?
- ilogik 11y agoThe first part? Probably not (yet) The second part? Most definitely. I've implemented something similar last year
- FigmentEngine 11y agohttp://www.bbc.com/news/technology-35639549 http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-35639549
- ultramancool 11y agoThis is a solved problem. If you're using an adblocker, now-a-days you need an anti-anti-adblocker like https://github.com/reek/anti-adblock-killer https://github.com/reek/anti-adblock-killer I've had to install this onto my family's machines even so they don't turn off their adblocker and malware themselves... repeatedly. Until the ad industry is free of malware and privacy violations (ie: a massive switch to first party only ads) I'm not going to feel a shred of guilt about blocking them.
- iNerdier 11y agoOr, for a quick fix you can turn off Javascript on wired's domain.
- avs733 11y agoI understand your technical critique but stand on my hill :) Its the principle of the thing not the execution or response
- fabulist 11y agoHaving another weapon in your arsenal during an arms race does not sound like having solved a problem.
- ultramancool 11y agoThis is the end weapon, you can always beat it by replacing js on a site specific basis and that's what this does.
- fabulist 11y agoIn the words of the Stanley parable, The end is never The end is never The end is never The end is never.... For instance, it's trivial to fingerprint most browser add-ons. What if organizations refused service to people with anti-anti-adblockers entirely? What if they kept a database of browser fingerprints they even suspected were using such tools? What if they opened up a new front, winning some sort of legal battle? Hopefully the conflict is resolved with micropayments or something.
- aaron695 11y agoDo we really need this pointless bitching about ad blocking every time people view a article? I don't go to the comments to view off topic points. Wired have been doing this for months and you could still read it for sake with ad block running.