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> "unethical obstruction"? UNETHICAL OBSTRUCTION?!?!?!?! You have got to be ____ing kidding me! He's actually right. Adblockers are a racket, their business mo
by otabdeveloper1 9y ago
> "unethical obstruction"? UNETHICAL OBSTRUCTION?!?!?!?! You have got to be ____ing kidding me!
He's actually right. Adblockers are a racket, their business model involves asking advertisers to pony up protection money for exceptions.
> Not to speak of the negative impact ads have on website performance, battery usage and waste of bandwidth.
This is true, but adblockers don't care about fixing the user's problems.
- ChrisSD 9y agoFrom a technical perspective you're wrong. Adblock Plus does sell exceptions but something like uBlock Origin doesn't and it was designed to be low on resources
- betterunix2 9y ago"their business model" Not all ad blockers have a "business model." Some are just volunteer efforts by people who are tired of the resource-sapping ads that have become common all over the web.
- Nadya 9y agoAdblockers are a racket, their business model involves asking advertisers to pony up protection money for exceptions Want to show me where Gorhill asks advertisers to pony up money to be exempt from uBlock Origin? >This is true, but adblockers don't care about fixing the user's problems. This is one of the core design choices of uBO: use minimal resources