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As someone who uses ublock origin and has been blocking ads for many years, I will consider turning it off if this is effective. My problem is not with ads them

by seibelj 10y ago

As someone who uses ublock origin and has been blocking ads for many years, I will consider turning it off if this is effective. My problem is not with ads themselves, it's with terrible ads.

cpeterso 10y ago
I don't mind ads; I just don't want clickbait crap about shocking celebrity photos and "deep searches" for local singles. <plug> So I created a minimal blocklist for the worst clickbait (mostly Outbrain and Taboola). The list is compatible with uBlock Origin and Adblock Plus. https://github.com/cpeterso/clickbait-blocklist/ https://github.com/cpeterso/clickbait-blocklist/ </plug>
lettergram 10y ago
Google owns the largest ad network... I can't imagine this will be effective, because Google can already do this if they wanted.
GhotiFish 10y ago
some terrible ads don't look terrible, but instead behave terribly. Violating your privacy, Consuming your bandwidth, ect. How would you recognize these except to audit them yourself? If you read the criteria from the coalition for better ads: ...the following types of ad experiences fell beneath the initial Better Ads Standard: pop-up ads, prestitial ads, ads with density greater than 30%, flashing animated ads, auto-play video ads with sound, poststitial ads with countdown, full-screen scrollover ads, and large sticky ads. In other words, privacy compromising is not considered bad behavior. Nor is exorbitant use of bandwidth, It seems their focus is merely on what the average consumer would consider toxic. same source as the story: https://www.betterads.org/coalition-for-better-ads-releases-initial-better-ads-standards-for-desktop-and-mobile-web/ https://www.betterads.org/coalition-for-better-ads-releases-...
- harwoodleon 10y ago
  This is where it will fail (if indeed it is true). Privacy is not a massive concern for people, but it is a concern. It's enough of a concern for people to mistrust the brand serving the adverts - google. Considering how much google relies on its brand, trust is a big part of the reason why people entrust google with their often very private searches. People don't like advertising for lot of reasons, that's why they use ad blockers and not ad filters. This is why googles attempt to introduce a block on advertising is like a salesman attempting to stop people from cold calling.
Grue3 10y ago
You won't have the choice of turning ublock origin off when Google implements this feature. They'll remove it themselves under the guise of "replicating the functionality of the base product".
- madshiva 10y ago
  We don't care I will start to sell raspberry pi Ad blocker. 150$ block all your device in your network for life.

by seibelj 10y ago

As someone who uses ublock origin and has been blocking ads for many years, I will consider turning it off if this is effective. My problem is not with ads themselves, it's with terrible ads.

cpeterso 10y ago

I don't mind ads; I just don't want clickbait crap about shocking celebrity photos and "deep searches" for local singles. <plug> So I created a minimal blocklist for the worst clickbait (mostly Outbrain and Taboola). The list is compatible with uBlock Origin and Adblock Plus. https://github.com/cpeterso/clickbait-blocklist/ https://github.com/cpeterso/clickbait-blocklist/ </plug>

lettergram 10y ago

Google owns the largest ad network... I can't imagine this will be effective, because Google can already do this if they wanted.

GhotiFish 10y ago

some terrible ads don't look terrible, but instead behave terribly. Violating your privacy, Consuming your bandwidth, ect. How would you recognize these except to audit them yourself? If you read the criteria from the coalition for better ads: ...the following types of ad experiences fell beneath the initial Better Ads Standard: pop-up ads, prestitial ads, ads with density greater than 30%, flashing animated ads, auto-play video ads with sound, poststitial ads with countdown, full-screen scrollover ads, and large sticky ads. In other words, privacy compromising is not considered bad behavior. Nor is exorbitant use of bandwidth, It seems their focus is merely on what the average consumer would consider toxic. same source as the story: https://www.betterads.org/coalition-for-better-ads-releases-initial-better-ads-standards-for-desktop-and-mobile-web/ https://www.betterads.org/coalition-for-better-ads-releases-...

harwoodleon 10y ago
This is where it will fail (if indeed it is true). Privacy is not a massive concern for people, but it is a concern. It's enough of a concern for people to mistrust the brand serving the adverts - google. Considering how much google relies on its brand, trust is a big part of the reason why people entrust google with their often very private searches. People don't like advertising for lot of reasons, that's why they use ad blockers and not ad filters. This is why googles attempt to introduce a block on advertising is like a salesman attempting to stop people from cold calling.

Grue3 10y ago

You won't have the choice of turning ublock origin off when Google implements this feature. They'll remove it themselves under the guise of "replicating the functionality of the base product".

madshiva 10y ago
We don't care I will start to sell raspberry pi Ad blocker. 150$ block all your device in your network for life.