how-to block ads
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 tcp1Premium
join:2000-04-17
Herndon, VA
 ·Verizon FiOS
| This issue.. Isn't really that straightforward, and cuts both ways.
Nope, you don't have to allow any ads or anything you don't want on your computer - and you shouldn't.
Likewise, no website "has" to serve you, and is perfectly within its right (albeit may not be the best business sense) to block you if it can somehow detect an ad blocker (not impossible, but tricky.)
We need to be careful here. If all ads end up being blocked, I think you'll see a lot of sites go pay-for-access only (or do an access scheme like salon.com)
Yes, the illegitimate ads are bullshit and should be blocked... Wonder if there's some way to have "signed" ads that could be reported and traced back if abusive, then leading to revocation of their ad certificate?
There's going to have to be some kind of compromise here. Suing users for using ad blockers is ridiculous, but so are the folks being a bit immature saying "NO ADS ANYWHERE EVER, NYAH NYAH!" Fine, just expect to be asked to pay to access sites then. | |
 LilYodaFeline with squirel personality disorderPremium
join:2004-09-02
Mountains | I have no problem with that scenario.
We'll be back to 1995 or 1996 type internet, where there was limited websites we went to on the net.
And tbh I don't give a rat's behind. I have sent my donations to the websites I use and that don't use ads (wikipedia, and a few others). If everyone does the same, the internet should be a better place to be... If CNN or google wants to charge to use their website, fine by me. I'll use neither of the two.
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"Money and sex, storage and bandwidth: only too much is ever enough"
Arno Penzias - Former Head of Bell Labs, and Nobel prizewinner | |
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