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AdNauseum is one of the most harmful things you can do against ads. Perhaps, but someone is still getting paid; it doesn’t matter if a human actually sees the
by alwillis 9y ago
AdNauseum is one of the most harmful things you can do against ads.
Perhaps, but someone is still getting paid; it doesn’t matter if a human actually sees the ad or not. As long as someone gets paid, it incentives more ads and the violation of users’ privacy.
I think a better approach is to disrupt the whole online ad market as it currently exists, which is what Brendan Eich with the Basic Attention Token and the Brave browser intend to do.
Brave: https://brave.com https://brave.com
Basic Attention Token: https://basicattentiontoken.org https://basicattentiontoken.org
Video: https://vimeo.com/209336437 https://vimeo.com/209336437
- ReverseCold 9y agoWhy not both in combination? Use one to make the current system unviable, which forces everyone onto the new system.
- BrendanEich 9y agoBecause loading all the (daisy-chained) 3rd party scripts and then spoofing clicks on ads compromises your privacy and on top of that, costs major page load and radio/data performance, compared to blocking aggressively as Brave does. This may amount to $23/month data-plan cost to user, per a NYT study).