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"Ad blocker" is #1 thing that should be installed first on every single browser, everywhere, to block third party ads. Then we browse. Heck, that browser Brenda

"Ad blocker" is #1 thing that should be installed first on every single browser, everywhere, to block third party ads. Then we browse. Heck, that browser Brendan Eich is working on comes pre-installed with one. So this isn't some fringe position I hold. It's basic web hygiene. > When people aren't willing to pay for 1-2 coffees for a month of unlimited music streaming are you really surprised that companies have no choice to use an advertising revenue model? No. But I get the sense you're trying to express moral indignation at such users, and I don't see the logic behind that. "I like $site_owner therefore I whitelist $arbirary_third_parties whose behavior cannot be controlled nor even really measured by $site_owner" isn't a workable/scalable lesson to try to teach users. To be clear, I also don't see any reasonable argument to be morally indignant about Spotify blocking the blockers. This is the web as it currently exists.

Sohcahtoa82 8y ago
> "Ad blocker" is #1 thing that should be installed first on every single browser, everywhere, to block third party ads. Agreed. But I don't block ads just because ads are annoying. I don't even block ads because I don't like being tracked. My reason for blocking ads can be summed up in a single word. Malvertising. As soon as ad networks began trying to spread malware through ads was when ads moved from being a nuisance to a serious security concern.
- mrhappyunhappy 8y ago
  I block ads simply because I don’t want to see them. If a software annoys me I don’t use it. If a website is annoying, I leave. If a website is ok but ads are annoying, I block them.
- joshuamorton 8y ago
  Can someone explain to me where these "malverts" come up? I use two chrome profiles, 1 with an adblocker and 1 without, and browse pretty often with both, and while the experience without is undeniably worse (slower, bloated, garbage on the page), I've never gotten malware. What is this stuff and where do I find it?
  - Sohcahtoa82 8y ago
    The Wikipedia page on Malvertising has several examples listed. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malvertising https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malvertising

Sohcahtoa82 8y ago

> "Ad blocker" is #1 thing that should be installed first on every single browser, everywhere, to block third party ads. Agreed. But I don't block ads just because ads are annoying. I don't even block ads because I don't like being tracked. My reason for blocking ads can be summed up in a single word. Malvertising. As soon as ad networks began trying to spread malware through ads was when ads moved from being a nuisance to a serious security concern.

mrhappyunhappy 8y ago
I block ads simply because I don’t want to see them. If a software annoys me I don’t use it. If a website is annoying, I leave. If a website is ok but ads are annoying, I block them.
joshuamorton 8y ago
Can someone explain to me where these "malverts" come up? I use two chrome profiles, 1 with an adblocker and 1 without, and browse pretty often with both, and while the experience without is undeniably worse (slower, bloated, garbage on the page), I've never gotten malware. What is this stuff and where do I find it?
- Sohcahtoa82 8y ago
  The Wikipedia page on Malvertising has several examples listed. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malvertising https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malvertising