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What is it with this "ad blockers are bad" thing? So wired just won a spot in my blockfile (hosts file). When platforms get their sht together again and make s
by sdoering 10y ago
What is it with this "ad blockers are bad" thing?
So wired just won a spot in my blockfile (hosts file). When platforms get their sht together again and make sure, ad networks won't infect my machine with malware I might switch back to not using an ad blocker. Till then - who tries to force me get's killed from this machine.
- userbinator 10y agoWhat '"ad blockers are bad" thing'? I use an adblocker (actually more than that...) and can read the article perfectly fine. Maybe it's JavaScript?
- melling 10y agoWhat is it with "paying to read" is a bad thing? They have to run a business. Perhaps sites should offer the article add free for a small price? We could use a better model for the internet.
- mikegerwitz 10y agoI recommend a talk from EFF's Cooper Quintin about Privacy Badger; he demonstrates all the third parties involved in many situations: https://media.libreplanet.org/u/libreplanet/m/ending-online-tracking-privacy-badger-and-beyond/ https://media.libreplanet.org/u/libreplanet/m/ending-online-... Even if you agree with the business model, it's a grim subject---a large part of the objection is in _how_ it is done, be it tracking or underhanded baiting tactics.
- melling 10y agoI didn't say it wasn't. I was proposing that we devise another solution whereby people can opt out of tracking/ads by paying to read.
- sdoering 10y agoI would be willing to pay for content (and often times I am doing exactly that). I am not willing to have an attack vector open for any media outlet to infect me via their revenue generating ads.