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Different advertising networks offer different kinds of ads. It should be up to the webpage owners to decide what kind of ads they want on their website by choo
by Sylos 9y ago
Different advertising networks offer different kinds of ads. It should be up to the webpage owners to decide what kind of ads they want on their website by choosing a different advertising network.
A porn or piracy webpage would for example prefer more visually invasive and less privacy-invasive ads. That's a perfectly legitimate offer, even if you may not like it.
Google blocking this class of adverts in their browser hurts these competitors and benefits Google.
- freedomben 9y agoYeah that's a fair point, and the argument of "it should be up to the webpage owners to decide what kind of ads they want on their website by choosing a different advertising network" really resonates with me. As a user though, I like to be able to choose a browser that helps enforce my preferences by blocking disagreeable advertising methods. I like being able to use a browser that offers popup blocking for example. I'm still scarred from the years of prolific popups ⊙︿⊙ They'll still have the freedom to use whatever ads they prefer, but I'll also have the freedom to use a browser that blocks them.