EPTDoes anyone else love adblocker?
kind of a weird blog, but it seems rather topical considering the hate it gets for cutting into ad revenue. Is it a good thing or bad thing?
Adblocker is a nice program
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dacthehork
United States2000 Posts
Does anyone else love adblocker? kind of a weird blog, but it seems rather topical considering the hate it gets for cutting into ad revenue. Is it a good thing or bad thing? | ||
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DisaFear
Australia4074 Posts
I used to disable it for TL, but then all I got was dating ads. So it's back on | ||
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canucks12
Canada812 Posts
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Froadac
United States6733 Posts
It really is amazing software, because it DOES deny ad revenue from sites. However, it only does good when used ethically, and it used when ads truly interfere with content. | ||
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Gheed
United States972 Posts
The problem is that in a more technical community like TL, pretty much everyone knows how to block ads. I tried turning it off for TL, but to load the ads I would have had to whitelist every ad service in noscript, so I just gave up. | ||
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mrGRAPE
Singapore293 Posts
On February 26 2012 10:22 Gheed wrote: I never knew youtube had ads until people started posting stupid comments like "thumbs up if you hate ads." Basically, there are enough stupid people who don't know how to use adblock to keep advertising going. The problem is that in a more technical community like TL, pretty much everyone knows how to block ads. I tried turning it off for TL, but to load the ads I would have had to whitelist every ad service in noscript, so I just gave up. Same here. What are these 'ads' people are talking about? lol | ||
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NoobStyles
Australia257 Posts
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stork4ever
United States1036 Posts
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Chocolate
United States2350 Posts
On February 26 2012 10:19 DisaFear wrote: I love AdBlock too <3 I used to disable it for TL, but then all I got was dating ads. So it's back on I sadly had to do the same. It's just weird when you're parents look at what you're doing on the computer and you have koreancupid, asiandating, and some Russian service all on the same page. And I don't even do anything NSFW on this computer, I think the Korean references are the only causes. | ||
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Redmark
Canada2129 Posts
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Gheed
United States972 Posts
On February 26 2012 10:50 Redmark wrote: Isn't it pretty much the same argument as pirating? You're not stealing or destroying anything, but you're depriving revenue from a site that is probably providing you content. Whether or not that's a big deal is an argument that's been done many times. I believe Ted Turner once argued that not watching television ads was effectively stealing. You can't force someone to watch an ad or accept data into their computer, though. | ||
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ReketSomething
United States6012 Posts
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Dranak
United States464 Posts
On February 26 2012 10:50 Redmark wrote: Isn't it pretty much the same argument as pirating? You're not stealing or destroying anything, but you're depriving revenue from a site that is probably providing you content. Whether or not that's a big deal is an argument that's been done many times. If you're not stealing... then it's not the same as pirating. Not looking at ads online is more comparable to changing the channel or fast fowarding through commercials on TV. | ||
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Hesmyrr
Canada5776 Posts
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IMoperator
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Silidons
United States2813 Posts
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foxSC
United States60 Posts
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Candadar
2049 Posts
I'd go back to Firefox, but basically every other addon doesn't work other than Adblock on there that I use =/ | ||
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seRapH
United States9813 Posts
Match.com Thailovelinks Chinalovematch I even saw one for Albanians. I love teamliquid, need no other dating site. | ||
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Ciryandor
United States3735 Posts
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floor exercise
Canada5847 Posts
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Heyoka
Katowice25012 Posts
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