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The issue is this: If you install adblock "Fingers in ears" (ignore everything), you're not even giving websites a chance. You're not even giving them the bene
by axod 17y ago
The issue is this:
If you install adblock "Fingers in ears" (ignore everything), you're not even giving websites a chance. You're not even giving them the benefit of the doubt that they could ever provide you useful advertising. You're assuming they're going to annoy you, so you're sticking your fingers in your ears.
You can sort of see why that's disheartening to people who are trying to provide useful advertising.
I personally think installing adblock is a crappy move. It's like walking into a conference with hands over your ears incase someone tries to sell you something. You just look like an idiot, and lose out.
It's sort of common courtesy to not assume someone is going to irritate you when you meet them. That's why, when we meet new people, we don't cover our ears, we extend them goodwill, and assume they're going to be nice.
Sadly, adblock users (Ones who block everything) don't seem to have any common courtesy.
- ximeng 17y agoIt's more like trusting your secretary to do a good job of screen useless calls. You outsource the screening to an list provider rather than making a decision for every site on the internet.
- vsync 17y agoYou're the ones who came into my Internet and put ads on everything. I don't owe you anything.
- axod 17y agoif (youDontLikeAdsOnWebsite()) { dontFlippingGoThereThen(); } If you went to the mall, and a shopkeeper in Macys started beating you over the head with a bat, would you come back next week to the mall and go into every shop in full body armor, or would you just not go in Macys any more?
- joeyo 17y agoAs usual with these things, the analogies are a bit lacking. I humbly suggest that it's more like requesting a catalog from Macys and then ignoring/defacing/destroying the parts of the catalog that I am not interested in. if (youDontLikeMyBlcokingAds()) { dontFlippingServeMeAnyContentAtAllWhenIMakeAnHttpRequest(); }
- axod 17y agoThat's certainly an option, and I'd expect we'd see a move to that if adblock usage ever did increase to more than 0.5% or whatever it is at the moment. We'd just have a free internet for those not running adblock, and a paywall internet for those using adblock.