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No surprise; after the manifest v3 discussion, this development was to be expected and only a matter of time.

by 2ion 7y ago

rvnx 7y ago
One of the main "advantages" (for Google) of manifest v3, is that there is, not only a blacklist, but also a whitelist of domains bundled with Google Chrome. So the logic is to restrict adblockers, to use the internal Chrome adblock so Google can decide what ads are acceptable or not. An independent study shows that YouTube ads and Search Ads are the ones that the users enjoy the most and wouldn't want to block ;)
- rvnx 7y ago
  Link to the results: https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/4231068/Mobile-Web-Ad-Experiences-Ranking-02-18.jpg https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/4231068/Mobile-Web-Ad-Experie... Of course, everybody loves video ads, don't we all ?
  - Ygg2 7y ago
    Yeah. I especially love 1hr 35min ad on a 5min video. /Sarcasm But search ads are ok. Since you can both ignore them easily and are often the thing you look for. Video ads are annoying interuptions I hate with passion of a burning sun. Most site ads are just sleazy shit, that serves as vector for malicious actors. I hate that with passion of an exploding supernova.
- simias 7y ago
  >An independent study shows that YouTube ads and Search Ads are the ones that the users enjoy the most People enjoy Youtube ads the most? That's surprising to me given that they're rather intrusive and they get between you and the content you actually want to see.
- 2ion 7y ago
  > wouldn't want to block everything that distracts or sends signals that have nothing to do with the intent of the user for visiting a site in the first place is an anti-pattern. I block all ads and even obstrusive elements using custom styles or UBO cosmetic filters... This shows especially well in older generations who are not very used to the information overflood and competition for attention on the internet. Mixing legitimate content with ads is the craziest pattern on the internet by far; and in untrained users -- most of the older ones -- this causes confusion, frustration and finally exhaustion with the medium. We who are used to this are just the internet user version of Pavlov's dogs.

No surprise; after the manifest v3 discussion, this development was to be expected and only a matter of time.

by 2ion 7y ago

No surprise; after the manifest v3 discussion, this development was to be expected and only a matter of time.

rvnx 7y ago

One of the main "advantages" (for Google) of manifest v3, is that there is, not only a blacklist, but also a whitelist of domains bundled with Google Chrome. So the logic is to restrict adblockers, to use the internal Chrome adblock so Google can decide what ads are acceptable or not. An independent study shows that YouTube ads and Search Ads are the ones that the users enjoy the most and wouldn't want to block ;)

rvnx 7y ago
Link to the results: https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/4231068/Mobile-Web-Ad-Experiences-Ranking-02-18.jpg https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/4231068/Mobile-Web-Ad-Experie... Of course, everybody loves video ads, don't we all ?
- Ygg2 7y ago
  Yeah. I especially love 1hr 35min ad on a 5min video. /Sarcasm But search ads are ok. Since you can both ignore them easily and are often the thing you look for. Video ads are annoying interuptions I hate with passion of a burning sun. Most site ads are just sleazy shit, that serves as vector for malicious actors. I hate that with passion of an exploding supernova.
simias 7y ago
>An independent study shows that YouTube ads and Search Ads are the ones that the users enjoy the most People enjoy Youtube ads the most? That's surprising to me given that they're rather intrusive and they get between you and the content you actually want to see.
2ion 7y ago
> wouldn't want to block everything that distracts or sends signals that have nothing to do with the intent of the user for visiting a site in the first place is an anti-pattern. I block all ads and even obstrusive elements using custom styles or UBO cosmetic filters... This shows especially well in older generations who are not very used to the information overflood and competition for attention on the internet. Mixing legitimate content with ads is the craziest pattern on the internet by far; and in untrained users -- most of the older ones -- this causes confusion, frustration and finally exhaustion with the medium. We who are used to this are just the internet user version of Pavlov's dogs.