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Even if it's not against TOS I would imagine most ad network just refusing to serve ads that encourage people to install ad blockers.

TeMPOraL 5y ago
Yeah, I guess. But I imagine there's so much volume of ads that they can't all go through human review. Maybe it could sneak in undetected and work for a short while, until the first tweet mentioning it goes viral.
- hutzlibu 5y ago
  It would probably work, until it really works - when it will be stopped. But if done right, it has the potential to create lots of attention. An add, that wants you to see less ads, that was finally taken down by the big corporations? Very clickbait article stuff - it is just that (almost) all those news networks live on ads so have no incentive to push up this news.
- eitland 5y ago
  I can put up a "pretend ad" on my two blogs and maybe I can be a bit creative and get it feqtured elsewhere too if someone provides "artwork" and somewhere to point it too. Anyone else in? PS: If you do it later, send me a mail (it is in my profile, click my username to see it.)
chii 5y ago
you don't have to mention adblockers in the ad. The ad could imply a cleaner browsing experience, faster, and your activities won't be tracked!
- bryanrasmussen 5y ago
  yeah, people really trust those sites that offer to install something to improve your browser performance and keep you from being tracked.
  - chii 5y ago
    well, at least this one ad would be true, and hopefully, those who would otherwise have clicked on that shady "web-accelerator" ad would've instead been saved by this one!
    - bryanrasmussen 5y ago
      if there was one Nigerian prince who transferred 1 million dollars to a person's account that would set a bad precedent for all the gullible folks out there.
      - hutzlibu 5y ago
        I am not sure, if that would change anything as reality is clearly perceived different with some people.
  - elliekelly 5y ago
    I heard a Duck Duck Go ad on the radio over the weekend and I thought it was so odd. But now having read your comment I realize it’s probably one of the most “trusted” ways to advertise privacy software/webapps because it relies on potential new users going to their site whereas online ads would probably (rightly) be looked at with suspicion.
    - bryanrasmussen 5y ago
      I'm in Denmark, recently there have been Duck Duck Go posters at bus stops in my part of Copenhagen.
hnlmorg 5y ago
Not just that, Google are unlikely to serve ads about switching away from Google's browser on Google's ad networks. There's a reason successful companies like to own the supply chain (or at least as much of it as they can).

TeMPOraL 5y ago

Yeah, I guess. But I imagine there's so much volume of ads that they can't all go through human review. Maybe it could sneak in undetected and work for a short while, until the first tweet mentioning it goes viral.

hutzlibu 5y ago
It would probably work, until it really works - when it will be stopped. But if done right, it has the potential to create lots of attention. An add, that wants you to see less ads, that was finally taken down by the big corporations? Very clickbait article stuff - it is just that (almost) all those news networks live on ads so have no incentive to push up this news.
eitland 5y ago
I can put up a "pretend ad" on my two blogs and maybe I can be a bit creative and get it feqtured elsewhere too if someone provides "artwork" and somewhere to point it too. Anyone else in? PS: If you do it later, send me a mail (it is in my profile, click my username to see it.)

chii 5y ago

you don't have to mention adblockers in the ad. The ad could imply a cleaner browsing experience, faster, and your activities won't be tracked!

bryanrasmussen 5y ago
yeah, people really trust those sites that offer to install something to improve your browser performance and keep you from being tracked.
- chii 5y ago
  well, at least this one ad would be true, and hopefully, those who would otherwise have clicked on that shady "web-accelerator" ad would've instead been saved by this one!
  - bryanrasmussen 5y ago
    if there was one Nigerian prince who transferred 1 million dollars to a person's account that would set a bad precedent for all the gullible folks out there.
    - hutzlibu 5y ago
      I am not sure, if that would change anything as reality is clearly perceived different with some people.
- elliekelly 5y ago
  I heard a Duck Duck Go ad on the radio over the weekend and I thought it was so odd. But now having read your comment I realize it’s probably one of the most “trusted” ways to advertise privacy software/webapps because it relies on potential new users going to their site whereas online ads would probably (rightly) be looked at with suspicion.
  - bryanrasmussen 5y ago
    I'm in Denmark, recently there have been Duck Duck Go posters at bus stops in my part of Copenhagen.

hnlmorg 5y ago

Not just that, Google are unlikely to serve ads about switching away from Google's browser on Google's ad networks. There's a reason successful companies like to own the supply chain (or at least as much of it as they can).