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Other than not knowing about them, why would anyone not use an adblocker?

by irrational 6y ago

bittercynic 6y ago
Some people feel that exposure to the ads is worth it to help the people who make videos. It seems to me the ads do a dollar's worth of damage to the viewer while only giving a penny of benefit to the author.
Kiro 6y ago
Your question is a bait since any sincere answer to that always gets downvoted. However, I've stopped caring so here goes: I don't mind ads and have found many things I've bought through ads. I don't want the page I'm visiting tampered with. I want to experience the site exactly like it was designed, ads included. I like to keep up with ad trends. I'm afraid stuff will break and that I get a suboptimal experience without me even realizing it. I want to support creators and certain sites. I pay for YouTube Premium so not an issue there.
- ogre_codes 6y ago
  > I want to support creators and certain sites. Well at least we can all agree on this one thing. How we get there without dealing with sites that load slowly, look like hell, and track me wherever I go is the big question.
- skummetmaelk 6y ago
  > I want to experience the site exactly like it was designed, ads included > I like to keep up with ad trends Do you work in advertising by any chance?
  - CydeWeys 6y ago
    I would guess website design/front-end development. If that's something you do on your site then you'd definitely want to see what it looks like on others.
    - Kiro 6y ago
      Yeah, you nailed it. I'm a front-end developer.
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recursive 6y ago
I think ad-blockers are bad for the web. Their proliferation will create an arms race that will end in more DRM. That's my reason.
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city41 6y ago
I primarily watch YouTube on my TV via a Roku. It's probably possible to jailbreak it and install an ad free YT app, but that's beyond what I'm willing to do.

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Other than not knowing about them, why would anyone not use an adblocker?

by irrational 6y ago

Other than not knowing about them, why would anyone not use an adblocker?

bittercynic 6y ago
Some people feel that exposure to the ads is worth it to help the people who make videos. It seems to me the ads do a dollar's worth of damage to the viewer while only giving a penny of benefit to the author.
Kiro 6y ago
Your question is a bait since any sincere answer to that always gets downvoted. However, I've stopped caring so here goes: I don't mind ads and have found many things I've bought through ads. I don't want the page I'm visiting tampered with. I want to experience the site exactly like it was designed, ads included. I like to keep up with ad trends. I'm afraid stuff will break and that I get a suboptimal experience without me even realizing it. I want to support creators and certain sites. I pay for YouTube Premium so not an issue there.
- ogre_codes 6y ago
  > I want to support creators and certain sites. Well at least we can all agree on this one thing. How we get there without dealing with sites that load slowly, look like hell, and track me wherever I go is the big question.
- skummetmaelk 6y ago
  > I want to experience the site exactly like it was designed, ads included > I like to keep up with ad trends Do you work in advertising by any chance?
  - CydeWeys 6y ago
    I would guess website design/front-end development. If that's something you do on your site then you'd definitely want to see what it looks like on others.
    - Kiro 6y ago
      Yeah, you nailed it. I'm a front-end developer.
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recursive 6y ago
I think ad-blockers are bad for the web. Their proliferation will create an arms race that will end in more DRM. That's my reason.
- deleted 6y ago
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city41 6y ago
I primarily watch YouTube on my TV via a Roku. It's probably possible to jailbreak it and install an ad free YT app, but that's beyond what I'm willing to do.