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I think ad-blockers are bad for the web. I have nothing against people running them, but I don't choose to. It incentivizes an arms-race between clients and s
by recursive 6y ago
I think ad-blockers are bad for the web. I have nothing against people running them, but I don't choose to. It incentivizes an arms-race between clients and servers to control the content that gets displayed. The end game of this race is bad for everyone. That's my reason.
- Nextgrid 6y agoThe end game of the race has already been reached and this is why the web without an ad-blocker is so hostile so I'm not sure what value there is in doing this. In both cases (both now without an ad-blocker, and in a hypothetical future where ad-blockers are impossible due to DRM) the experience is terrible.
- recursive 6y ago"The end game of the race has already been reached." I still think there's a lot farther it could still go. The fact that ads can mostly be blocked by using domain filters suggests that the "bad guys" aren't really trying yet. I prefer the internet of today to one where all content is DRM locked.