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I don't block adds, I only block tracking cookies, and yet I am told repeatedly by websites that I am blocking ads on a daily basis, and that they will go out o
by aidenn0 3y ago
I don't block adds, I only block tracking cookies, and yet I am told repeatedly by websites that I am blocking ads on a daily basis, and that they will go out of business if I don't disable my "ad blocker."
Meanwhile I am quite content with pages that show me full-width banner ads without tracking me.
- judge2020 3y agoHow do you block tracking but not ads? As in, do you let adsense ads show up, which track you? If not, why do you think the site wouldn't think you are blocking ads?
- Nextgrid 3y agoThis is a complaint that virtually every single ad out there is actually spyware that tracks you, with the "ad" part being almost like an afterthought.
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- jagged-chisel 3y agoBlocking cookies. As in, the cookie gets ignored instead of being stored. No cookie returned to the server on future requests. Of course there’s also “use the cookies for this session and delete them later.” In any case, “blocking” cookies is not the same as blocking ads.
- judge2020 3y agoBlocking just cookies isn't necessarily achieving the goal of blocking tracking, though, since the idea is that ad networks commonly fingerprint you and combine any of those signals with your IP address to enable cookie-less tracking and ad targeting.
- jagged-chisel 3y agoSure. But you responded with a question that didn’t acknowledge what the commenter said. They said they block tracking cookies, but didn’t claim to block tracking. Actual blocking tracking is indeed a whole other conversation.
- GoblinSlayer 3y agoModern ads heavily rely on tracking, exceptions are rare.