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1. People care about how much they think an advertiser is spending on ads? Really? 2. I had my ad-blocker turned off for quite a while. I turned it back on whe

1. People care about how much they think an advertiser is spending on ads? Really? 2. I had my ad-blocker turned off for quite a while. I turned it back on when I was watching lots of short youtube videos, and seemed to be getting almost more video ads than actual content. If there was an option for "only block ads on these sites" (as opposed to "only allow ads on these sites"), I'd use it. 3. I don't care what some bigco that thinks I'm one data point out of a few million thinks about me. I would care what targeted ads (or content) show up if I'm doing something in an in-person-social context. So if I sign up to give a talk at a local UG, or go to a hackathon or something, I have a second browser that's not used for irrelevant stuff. And so doesn't have tracking cookies (including login cookies for anything social).

idunno246 11y ago
Re 2, you can do this by disabling easylist in ad block p. Then it only blocks things you add to the custom list.
com2kid 11y ago
In regards to your first point, Imagine you are in the market to buy a new phone. Two flagship devices just came out, one from a well estaished brand that is a solid contender, and another from a company that is new to smartphones and had traditionally competed in other product areas. The new entrant's product is superior and priced competitively. You read that the established player is spending a record 300 million on advertising for their latest flagship. Meanwhile the new entrant, despite having a large corporation behind it, has not made any major announcements about its ad campaign, nor for that matter have you really heard much buzz outside of enthusiast circles. At some point you'll realize the new product is DOA.