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As I've said many times I don't mind ads, but I block trackers. What these websites need to understand is that this is the market in action. We can bemoan tra
by dhimes 9y ago
As I've said many times I don't mind ads, but I block trackers. What these websites need to understand is that this is the market in action. We can bemoan trackers. We can legislate against them (at least in principle). But if WEBSITES were to LOSE MONEY if as a result of using trackers and therefore NOT USE THEM then the companies hoarding our data would have to find another business model or go out of business.
Using ad/tracking blockers is the morally correct choice if you want the market to handle this.
- rplnt 9y ago> As I've said many times I don't mind ads Have you seen the web without an ad blocker though?
- dhimes 9y agoI definitely agree that some sites are better than others. I guess I should clarify- in principle I don't mind the concept of showing me ads to pay for a site. I do mind the concept of tracking me. In my view site-related ads have a higher probability of being relevant to me than search-engine ads.
- dhimes 9y agoCame back to add: For the first time ever, I was watching a youtube vid that was interrupted to play an ad. Ugh. I hope it doesn't go that way. I don't even know what the ad was for.
- donatj 9y agoUnpopular opinion, but I more often than not find the sites plastered with ads to be things I’m better off not having in my life. Junk news, clickbait lists, I just don’t bother. There is a single site I use regularly that is ad ridden, and I use Brave for it basically exclusively. I can see that they accept Brave Payments as well, so I don’t feel too bad about it.