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The nature of people && the Internet && geopolitics && the economy will never allow this within our time. Never surf unprotected. Hell our current protection is

The nature of people && the Internet && geopolitics && the economy will never allow this within our time. Never surf unprotected. Hell our current protection is lacking and needs further fortification. Edit: I also think ads are a bad source of income. It's based in psych warfare and in turn is based on toxic adversarial culture.

wcummings 10y ago
Ads are as old as media, better get used to it.
- wu-ikkyu 10y ago
  Ad blockers are new, so we don't have to "get used to it". Successfully lowering the amount of incessant ads I am exposed to has increased my sovereignty and peace of mind.
  - jamespo 10y ago
    Feel free to welcome your new "sponsored content" overlords
    - CaptSpify 10y ago
      I never understood this argument. It's not like advertisers are going to say "Oh, everyone is unblocking ads. Let's stop using 'sponsored content' then!" They are going to continue with both sponsored content AND ads. I'm just cutting off one side.
      - stevesearer 10y ago
        I think they are saying that an effect of increased ad blocking will be an increase in the amount of sponsored content masquerading as real content.
        CaptSpify 10y ago
        Probably. If only one avenue works, they'd use that one avenue. Doesn't mean we can't fix that problem either. I'd still rather they only have one avenue of attack on me than two.
    - wu-ikkyu 10y ago
      Sponsored content is preferable to the harassing nature of pop up type advertising. It's also easy enough to avoid the majority of it by simply ignoring mainstream news outlets.
- Bartweiss 10y ago
  Ads are as old as media, but that doesn't mean I have to accept them in all possible forms. A Google or Project Wonderful text ad - pure text with a link - is fine with me. This nonsense, though? I don't remember the last time a classified ad leapt out of the newspaper and stole my grandmother's credit card.
- charonn0 10y ago
  But only relatively recently have ads become dangerous to passersby.
- pbhjpbhj 10y ago
  >Ads are as old as media // Go on? That seems like it's blatantly and obviously false.

wcummings 10y ago

Ads are as old as media, better get used to it.

wu-ikkyu 10y ago
Ad blockers are new, so we don't have to "get used to it". Successfully lowering the amount of incessant ads I am exposed to has increased my sovereignty and peace of mind.
- jamespo 10y ago
  Feel free to welcome your new "sponsored content" overlords
  - CaptSpify 10y ago
    I never understood this argument. It's not like advertisers are going to say "Oh, everyone is unblocking ads. Let's stop using 'sponsored content' then!" They are going to continue with both sponsored content AND ads. I'm just cutting off one side.
    - stevesearer 10y ago
      I think they are saying that an effect of increased ad blocking will be an increase in the amount of sponsored content masquerading as real content.
      - CaptSpify 10y ago
        Probably. If only one avenue works, they'd use that one avenue. Doesn't mean we can't fix that problem either. I'd still rather they only have one avenue of attack on me than two.
  - wu-ikkyu 10y ago
    Sponsored content is preferable to the harassing nature of pop up type advertising. It's also easy enough to avoid the majority of it by simply ignoring mainstream news outlets.
Bartweiss 10y ago
Ads are as old as media, but that doesn't mean I have to accept them in all possible forms. A Google or Project Wonderful text ad - pure text with a link - is fine with me. This nonsense, though? I don't remember the last time a classified ad leapt out of the newspaper and stole my grandmother's credit card.
charonn0 10y ago
But only relatively recently have ads become dangerous to passersby.
pbhjpbhj 10y ago
>Ads are as old as media // Go on? That seems like it's blatantly and obviously false.