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Just FYI, that's not really true. Adblocker use mostly all the same filter lists and those do regularly block ads that just are regular images, and even text no
by onli 8y ago
Just FYI, that's not really true. Adblocker use mostly all the same filter lists and those do regularly block ads that just are regular images, and even text notes. https://www.troyhunt.com/ad-blockers-are-part-of-the-problem/ https://www.troyhunt.com/ad-blockers-are-part-of-the-problem... is an example, even if that specific one got resolved
Adblock Plus has the ability to not block ads that conform to a certain standard, but in addition to conform to standards ad publishers need to pay for that. At least that's what they claim.
- kgwxd 8y ago"Adblock Plus has the ability to not block ads that conform to a certain standard" Not my standard. Ad blockers should be rebranded as "tracking blockers" so everyone calls them that. Then sites would have to ask you to "disable your tracking blocker", which sounds scary as hell to users, as it should.
- galangalalgol 8y agoIf the images are hosted on the site instead of a third party the list won't matter.
- mrep 8y agoNot true, here is an example of easylist blocking OpenStreetMap advertising OpenStreetMap events on openstreetmap.org [0]. [0]: https://github.com/easylist/easylist/pull/900 https://github.com/easylist/easylist/pull/900
- onli 8y agoEven my example I linked in the comment you answered to is not about an image hosted on a different server. It's not an image at all. And ublock origin even still blocks it today.