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One issue I've noticed on occasion is that Ad blockers can silently break websites, and the users don't know what's going on. This is a reason it would be bette
by arikrak 10y ago
One issue I've noticed on occasion is that Ad blockers can silently break websites, and the users don't know what's going on. This is a reason it would be better to reduce ad blocking and encourage websites to follow acceptable ad guidelines instead (though I work for a company that earns most of its revenue from advertising).
- cronjobber 10y agoI adblock. I scriptblock. It breaks a lot of sites. The size of the non-broken rest of the internet still is "infinite" for all practical purposes.
- ourmandave 10y agoI had to green light Walmart.com because the ad blocker broke their shopping cart. The blocked list was 6 files including an iframe. It's a sad day when you can't site-to-store a case of Cheez-wiz without being tracked.
- mhw 10y ago> One issue I've noticed on occasion is that Ad blockers can silently break websites Unfortunately the same can be said about the ads and their javascript, and with much higher frequency. I got sick of pages that randomly scroll back to the top after you've started to scroll down, or when you go back a page to follow a different link part way down the page. Using an ad blocker on iOS fixed the problem. Recently I did wonder whether the passage of time might have caused the ad networks to fix their code. I lasted about 10 minutes before I could confirm that nothing had changed and the blocker was reinstated.
- arikrak 10y agoWhile some ads can cause UI nuisances, I was referring to more problematic issues, such as a not being able to checkout from websites and not knowing the cause.