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They're more likely to outlaw adblocking than they are outlaw advertising. Frankly I fear we're nearing the end of a golden age, where those in the know have an

They're more likely to outlaw adblocking than they are outlaw advertising. Frankly I fear we're nearing the end of a golden age, where those in the know have an incredibly easy time blocking ads with a simple extension while our content providers are funded by the ignorant tech commoners watching ads. I don't want a future where ads are baked right into the YouTube video stream and articles refuse to load until they get confirmation the ads have been downloaded from an ad server.

tonyedgecombe 7y ago
This is a problem for the advertisers, they don’t want their most valuable prospects walled off by adblockers. My guess is we will see much more sponsored content as a response to this.
feanaro 7y ago
We are not helpless in this and we should not just lie down and accept our fate. On what grounds and by what rationale could adblockers be possibly outlawed? If you cannot answer this question reasonably, then please don't even mention this as a reasonable possibility.
- tonyedgecombe 7y ago
  Lobbying from the advertisers? I personally don’t think it’s very likely, for one thing I expect most of the staff at the likes of Google run an adblocker.
lotsofpulp 7y ago
The funding to produce the media people want to consume has to come from somewhere. If it’s not baked into the video stream, it will be baked into the video itself, aka product placement. Watch any new movie or TV show, and it’s unbearable to see the videography just to catch a car logo or drink logo. Shame. There’s even been full on descriptions by the actors of a car’s features, basically a commercial within the dialogue of the media. My solution is to stop consuming it, not that I consumed a lot to begin with, but there’s no other option.
- rusk 7y ago
  You know it's funny, I was watching horrible bosses last night, and was thinking just this. Some fairly blatant product placement for a major car manufacturer. It didn't spoil the movie though, and in fact the bare-facedness of it even added some humour (-: I don't think product placement is soooo bad. It's up to you if you're making a movie to make it fit. If you don't it detracts from the quality of your movie which to me seems a good enough motivator to get it right.
- rolph 7y ago
  banners and logos obscuring the view, and often mantling plot critical visual details are what turned me off cable and satellite feeds. i just wait until the disc is being sold and enjoy it sans banners. thats not available with the net. here the state law defines ANY unauthorized access to any computer system as felony, that includes snooping unsecured systems or MANIPULATING FUNCTIONALITY.
irq-1 7y ago
Put the ads in the browser -- not the content. Change chrome to show the ads in the client like an ad supported software, then make it speak a new dmca:// protocol.

tonyedgecombe 7y ago

This is a problem for the advertisers, they don’t want their most valuable prospects walled off by adblockers. My guess is we will see much more sponsored content as a response to this.

feanaro 7y ago

We are not helpless in this and we should not just lie down and accept our fate. On what grounds and by what rationale could adblockers be possibly outlawed? If you cannot answer this question reasonably, then please don't even mention this as a reasonable possibility.

tonyedgecombe 7y ago
Lobbying from the advertisers? I personally don’t think it’s very likely, for one thing I expect most of the staff at the likes of Google run an adblocker.

lotsofpulp 7y ago

The funding to produce the media people want to consume has to come from somewhere. If it’s not baked into the video stream, it will be baked into the video itself, aka product placement. Watch any new movie or TV show, and it’s unbearable to see the videography just to catch a car logo or drink logo. Shame. There’s even been full on descriptions by the actors of a car’s features, basically a commercial within the dialogue of the media. My solution is to stop consuming it, not that I consumed a lot to begin with, but there’s no other option.

rusk 7y ago
You know it's funny, I was watching horrible bosses last night, and was thinking just this. Some fairly blatant product placement for a major car manufacturer. It didn't spoil the movie though, and in fact the bare-facedness of it even added some humour (-: I don't think product placement is soooo bad. It's up to you if you're making a movie to make it fit. If you don't it detracts from the quality of your movie which to me seems a good enough motivator to get it right.
rolph 7y ago
banners and logos obscuring the view, and often mantling plot critical visual details are what turned me off cable and satellite feeds. i just wait until the disc is being sold and enjoy it sans banners. thats not available with the net. here the state law defines ANY unauthorized access to any computer system as felony, that includes snooping unsecured systems or MANIPULATING FUNCTIONALITY.

irq-1 7y ago

Put the ads in the browser -- not the content. Change chrome to show the ads in the client like an ad supported software, then make it speak a new dmca:// protocol.