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As Firefox gains in popularity and the ever popular AdBlock Plus being a regular fixture for installations I wonder if anyone has done any research or speculati

by sosuke 18y ago

As Firefox gains in popularity and the ever popular AdBlock Plus being a regular fixture for installations I wonder if anyone has done any research or speculation into what effect this will have on the internet free with ads based revenue that so many people have built their success around. So to get off my own butt and google it I found a few articles that talk about the same issue (http://www.roughtype.com/archives/2007/09/adblock_plus_th.php http://www.roughtype.com/archives/2007/09/adblock_plus_th.ph..., http://www.hhcc.com/?p=450 http://www.hhcc.com/?p=450) but nothing seems to really go very deep. It is always "users are too small a population to worry" but it is always a good idea to start thinking now on this before it becomes a problem.

pavelludiq 18y ago
I hate ads. Even if i didn't have AdBlock Plus or flashblock, i still would just ignore them. Internet users seem to be good at that. They are annoying and sometimes if there is too many of them they make Firefox slow(i usually have 20+ tabs open) Ads are broken, and users don't care about them. And those little Google ads, i don't read them, i know they're ads and don't even look at them.
- axod 18y ago
  Don't be ridiculous. Ads work. People click on them. Sites make millions. Ads are useful to the users, providing links you might not usually see. Sure there are irritating flash popup music ads, but they are just spam.
axod 18y ago
I don't think there is all that much correlation to be honest between firefox, and adblock. I've used firefox for years but would never dream of installing adblock. I can see there's a sort of person that would, probably the same people who like to tell you how they don't own a TV... Also, adblock only blocks irritating 'obvious' adverts. There's a ton of adverts you wouldn't even recognize as being adverts. "Ad-Blocking" isn't really a threat to the net.
- LogicHoleFlaw 18y ago
  I use adblock. (I do also own a TV.) It's a matter of sheer usability for me. I've never been able to develop that "ad-blindness" which others seem to have. When I don't block ads I almost literally cannot focus enough on the actual pages content to read it coherently. Flashing images and giant swaths of color are just painful. I often surf with page colors disabled and images blocked as well. On a totally related note, I like the low-impact styling of HN.

by sosuke 18y ago

pavelludiq 18y ago

I hate ads. Even if i didn't have AdBlock Plus or flashblock, i still would just ignore them. Internet users seem to be good at that. They are annoying and sometimes if there is too many of them they make Firefox slow(i usually have 20+ tabs open) Ads are broken, and users don't care about them. And those little Google ads, i don't read them, i know they're ads and don't even look at them.

axod 18y ago
Don't be ridiculous. Ads work. People click on them. Sites make millions. Ads are useful to the users, providing links you might not usually see. Sure there are irritating flash popup music ads, but they are just spam.

axod 18y ago

I don't think there is all that much correlation to be honest between firefox, and adblock. I've used firefox for years but would never dream of installing adblock. I can see there's a sort of person that would, probably the same people who like to tell you how they don't own a TV... Also, adblock only blocks irritating 'obvious' adverts. There's a ton of adverts you wouldn't even recognize as being adverts. "Ad-Blocking" isn't really a threat to the net.

LogicHoleFlaw 18y ago
I use adblock. (I do also own a TV.) It's a matter of sheer usability for me. I've never been able to develop that "ad-blindness" which others seem to have. When I don't block ads I almost literally cannot focus enough on the actual pages content to read it coherently. Flashing images and giant swaths of color are just painful. I often surf with page colors disabled and images blocked as well. On a totally related note, I like the low-impact styling of HN.