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You could look at nothing but google ads for a month and your bandwidth wouldn't be near what it'd be if you had just watched a single HD movie over netflix.

• petsos 16y ago
  Picking the two extremes does not prove your point. A lot of people are pissed with ads right now. Imagine if they would have to pay for them too (even pennies).
  • zacharycohn 16y ago
    I wasn't picking extremes, simply pointing out how little ads would effect you. Besides, doesn't Adblock work client-side? You'd still download and pay for the ads, you just wouldn't see them.
    • cscheid 16y ago
      Not when the ads come from different domains (which is the case for 99% of the annoying flash ads). Adblock stops all requests to these domains. Incidentally, this is also why Adblock is a hit with privacy-conscious people - it mitigates tracking through log file analysis.
    • spankythemonk 16y ago
      no. picture and flash ads are separate HTTP requests. AdBlock/FlashBlock work by not making those requests. You will save bandwidth, but as you have pointed out, it's a drop in the ocean compared to watching a HD movie or even a 10min youtube clip.