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How does adblock work at a technical level? I would think that if it ever took off, the ad networks would just find workarounds. For example, they already see
by srini 19y ago
How does adblock work at a technical level?
I would think that if it ever took off, the ad networks would just find workarounds. For example, they already seem to use interstitials and in-page css popups to get around pop-up blockers.
In fact, maybe a great startup could be to create technologies that let ad networks get around ad block software.
- pg 19y agoThat startup: http://adpinion.com http://adpinion.com
- mynameishere 19y agoIf they can get around adblockers, then that's definitely their killer feature, and they need to advertise that on the front page. I had no idea, and was considering trying their service. * Anyway, people need to quit talking "ethics". Who cares? As the title of the nytimes article suggests, the question is one of money. 9/10ths of the computer programmers I know are using ad blockers, and I suspect this is the norm. But how many of them now (and in the future) will depend upon web advertisements for their salaries? The early adopters in this case are adopting a technology that could steal their bread and butter. It's best to quietly bury the whole notion, before the general public adopts it.
- pg 19y agoThey don't get around adblockers by hacking their way around them. They solve the problem by not showing people ads that annoy them.
- rms 19y agoFor now, they get around a default install of AdBlock Plus through obscurity. They didn't make the blacklist yet.
- dfranke 19y agoThey've made mine. Sorry, but ads are annoying, period. I don't want to spend time training a Bayesian filter when I already have a filter that works perfectly. I wish the Adpinion folks success, but I will not be contributing to it. PS: "Hello, Chair, inc."? There's got to be a story behind that.