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Dealt with this recently. Something like half of Americans are using some sort of privacy blocker on desktop [1]. It's not as high on mobile but still sizable.
by Ozzie_osman 5y ago
Dealt with this recently. Something like half of Americans are using some sort of privacy blocker on desktop [1]. It's not as high on mobile but still sizable. My guess is it's higher with the HN crowd.
I dealt with something similar so I had my back-end fire server-side events to compare to Google Analytics and other client-side reported data. Sure enough, 50% loss on desktop and 30% on mobile.
1. https://www.forbes.com/sites/tjmccue/2019/03/19/47-percent-of-consumers-are-blocking-ads/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/tjmccue/2019/03/19/47-percent-o...
- stevekemp 5y agoAgreed. I used to support my hosting costs via google adsense. Over recent years the impressions and clicks dropped off a cliff. In the end I realized I was just as guilty, after all I run adblock too - so I removed them all.
- duckmysick 5y agoHow do you support your hosting costs now?
- stevekemp 5y agoOut of pocket expenses, mostly. Though I did shuffle things around so that they cost me less these days.