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Thanks. I recently removed all ads from all but one of my websites (and got a job). The one is to study trends. Concentrating on learning for now. Also: 1. no

by anoncow 13y ago

Thanks. I recently removed all ads from all but one of my websites (and got a job). The one is to study trends. Concentrating on learning for now. Also: 1. not hating on sites that run on ad money, which is a very valid business model. 2. You can detect and choose to not show content, if you detect adblock(should work for casual users). 3. Do something that reddit does - "Thank you for not using Adblock" banners or something that game-debate.com does - "Pics of kittens asking you to add them to Adblock's whitelist" 4. You can use adblock-friendly ads

ronaldx 13y ago
Well done for experimenting and good luck :) I especially like #2 - Blocking ads is the only reasonable way for me to say "You don't have permission to show me ads". Let's say it's part of my Terms & Conditions for displaying content on my browser. If a site owner doesn't agree to my terms, they don't have to show me the content either. If we can't agree, then there's no problem.
eevilspock 13y ago
In our society many of us subconsciously or sometimes consciously turn down the volume of our own conscience, because we'd rather not come face to face with our hypocrisy, our complicity with banal and not so banal evil [1], because we don't want to give up the benefits. In the Internet tech community, its ultimate manifestation is how we pretend advertising is not evil, while deep down know it is [2]. [1] The Banality of Systemic Evil, http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/09/15/the-banality.. http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/09/15/the-banality.... [2] No free lunch, no free web, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6624666 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6624666
- anoncow 13y ago
  >Advertising simply shifts the cost of the "fee lunch" to the price of the advertised products. In other words we still end up paying. It may even shift costs regressively, toward lower incomes and the less educated, in which case the poor are subsidizing the better off. From the second link. However, >Without more data, we can't know.

by anoncow 13y ago

ronaldx 13y ago

Well done for experimenting and good luck :) I especially like #2 - Blocking ads is the only reasonable way for me to say "You don't have permission to show me ads". Let's say it's part of my Terms & Conditions for displaying content on my browser. If a site owner doesn't agree to my terms, they don't have to show me the content either. If we can't agree, then there's no problem.

eevilspock 13y ago

In our society many of us subconsciously or sometimes consciously turn down the volume of our own conscience, because we'd rather not come face to face with our hypocrisy, our complicity with banal and not so banal evil [1], because we don't want to give up the benefits. In the Internet tech community, its ultimate manifestation is how we pretend advertising is not evil, while deep down know it is [2]. [1] The Banality of Systemic Evil, http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/09/15/the-banality.. http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/09/15/the-banality.... [2] No free lunch, no free web, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6624666 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6624666

anoncow 13y ago
>Advertising simply shifts the cost of the "fee lunch" to the price of the advertised products. In other words we still end up paying. It may even shift costs regressively, toward lower incomes and the less educated, in which case the poor are subsidizing the better off. From the second link. However, >Without more data, we can't know.