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This is exactly the reason I don't use an ad blocker. In the long run, it will make everything worse, and I still probably won't be able to block ads. I'm cle

• kgwxd 5y ago
  "Ad blockers" need a new name. I don't consider uBlock Origin an "ad blocker". It's a proper user agent (like a browser is supposed to be) that gives the user control over what is allowed to happen on their machine. That just happens to have the side effect of not allowing most ads to render because the way they're typical delivered. It won't matter if everyone starts using canvas unless they also stop using my machine to fetch random third-party content, which they won't, because the "ad" industry is now really the "tracking" industry. The very few times I've seen ads over the last decade or so, they were standard images hosted directly by the site. That's all ads should be. The contract between the site and advertiser should be their problem, my machine isn't obligated to be their mediator.
  • recursive 5y ago
    I like this take a lot. The problem is that most people that are using ad blockers actually seem to want ad blockers.
  • google234123 5y ago
    They also aren't obligated to serve you free content.
    • kgwxd 5y ago
      No one said they are.