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I don't use an ad blocker. I found that they're more hassle than they're worth. EDIT: In response to the "why don't you?" my answer is that I've found that it

I don't use an ad blocker. I found that they're more hassle than they're worth. EDIT: In response to the "why don't you?" my answer is that I've found that it messes up layout on many sites, and it fucks up my experience on certain video-heavy sites, including ESPN.com and MLB.com. The other answer is that I have a large number of friends who still sell words for money, and I consider it stealing to turn off ads. (Yes, I am the guy who once wrote a blog post who called people who sold words for money fucking morons.)

DeadlyBrad42 17y ago
I'm not sure what you mean by that. I installed Ad-Block on Firefox almost two years ago. I don't even realize I have it until I go on somebody else's computer. It's literally never said a word to me; it just quietly blocks ads on any site I visit.
semiquaver 17y ago
In several years of using it, Adblock Plus with EasyList has never once blocked something I wanted to see, and has let through very nearly zero ads. The web is just painful to use without it. Of course I whitelist most sites I visit regularly, as long as they behave. edit: Missed my sibling post, which says basically the same thing as me. I guess we adblock users are fairly single-minded. But seriously, after using things like host files and privoxy, ABP is very nearly magic.
- rdl 17y ago
  The only time Adblock Plus blocked something I wanted to see is when I was working for an advertising company and testing ads -- wondering why I didn't see any of them. Heh.
jrockway 17y ago
I sell words for money, but I have never made anyone reading my material look at ads.
andyking 17y ago
Not wanting to turn this into a lengthy debate over ad-blockers, but I tend to leave it switched on by default and make an exception for sites I visit regularly, value the content of and which don't go nuts with adverts. I find them fairly useful sometimes and even bought things advertised on these sites in the past. I use it for technical rather than aesthetic reasons much of the time - a line was crossed when Flash ads started autoplaying videos. Suddenly, a significant proportion of my fairly meagre CPU was being used to show me film trailers or mobile phone adverts rather than for my own uses.

DeadlyBrad42 17y ago

I'm not sure what you mean by that. I installed Ad-Block on Firefox almost two years ago. I don't even realize I have it until I go on somebody else's computer. It's literally never said a word to me; it just quietly blocks ads on any site I visit.

semiquaver 17y ago

In several years of using it, Adblock Plus with EasyList has never once blocked something I wanted to see, and has let through very nearly zero ads. The web is just painful to use without it. Of course I whitelist most sites I visit regularly, as long as they behave. edit: Missed my sibling post, which says basically the same thing as me. I guess we adblock users are fairly single-minded. But seriously, after using things like host files and privoxy, ABP is very nearly magic.

rdl 17y ago
The only time Adblock Plus blocked something I wanted to see is when I was working for an advertising company and testing ads -- wondering why I didn't see any of them. Heh.

jrockway 17y ago

I sell words for money, but I have never made anyone reading my material look at ads.

andyking 17y ago

Not wanting to turn this into a lengthy debate over ad-blockers, but I tend to leave it switched on by default and make an exception for sites I visit regularly, value the content of and which don't go nuts with adverts. I find them fairly useful sometimes and even bought things advertised on these sites in the past. I use it for technical rather than aesthetic reasons much of the time - a line was crossed when Flash ads started autoplaying videos. Suddenly, a significant proportion of my fairly meagre CPU was being used to show me film trailers or mobile phone adverts rather than for my own uses.