dlewis23
join:2005-04-18
Boca Raton, FL
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Re: How are they gonna know?
said by dadkins  :Here, one of the ways I have to kill ads is with my firewall. It denies the ad server connection. If the connection is denied, they may see it. If the connection is made, but no data is transferred(images/flash/???), they may see that. Do I care? HELL NO! This is MY computer! *I* pay for the bandwidth and *I* say what gets sent across my connection. *I* determin what gets displayed on *MY* screen! Sue me? Ha Ha! Byte Me! They no likey? Tough shitsky!    Its your computer and I respect that, but then you can't expect websites to deliver good content.
We pay for bandwidth too, and our bandwidth costs a lot more then yours does. We have bills to pay too, and ad's pay those bills. |
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Kearnstd
Elf Wizard
Premium
join:2002-01-22
Mullica Hill, NJ
| said by dlewis23 :said by dadkins :Here, one of the ways I have to kill ads is with my firewall. It denies the ad server connection. If the connection is denied, they may see it. If the connection is made, but no data is transferred(images/flash/???), they may see that. Do I care? HELL NO! This is MY computer! *I* pay for the bandwidth and *I* say what gets sent across my connection. *I* determin what gets displayed on *MY* screen! Sue me? Ha Ha! Byte Me! They no likey? Tough shitsky! Its your computer and I respect that, but then you can't expect websites to deliver good content. We pay for bandwidth too, and our bandwidth costs a lot more then yours does. We have bills to pay too, and ad's pay those bills. then dont pick ads that make people want to block them. take google ads for example, simple and non intrusive but they still pay the bills im sure. and they dont piss people off like those ones with sound and video, im a gamer and sometimes have my sound up and if i minimize to look something up on dont want your website shouting at me i have won a free ipod.
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mohito
Premium
join:2003-09-29
New York, NY
| reply to dlewis23
They'll deliver whatever they deliver, it's the wild wild west out there, and be bloody sure I'm gonna protect myself.
Maybe remote controls and such should be made illegal too because people like to skip through the commercials?
Hanging up on a commercial caller, oopsie...
Chuck 'em all in a Guantanamo bay? The folks there have real issues to deal with, not some stupid advertising.
Do I really need crap from doubleclick? I think not, but not just think, I block 'em. End of line. |
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mohito
Premium
join:2003-09-29
New York, NY
| reply to Kearnstd
Actually, google is pretty intrusive, and that's on my blocker list...
For a company that likes to pretend it's so "careful" it kind of sucks.
urchin.com
googlesyndication.com
google-analytics.com
google.com/coop
google.com/safebrowsing
And this is just blockers, but go there directly and they try to get away with redirecting URLs and such, that's unacceptable bullshit to me. Sites like those to make useful, turn off java etc. |
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dlewis23
join:2005-04-18
Boca Raton, FL
| reply to Kearnstd
said by Kearnstd :then dont pick ads that make people want to block them. take google ads for example, simple and non intrusive but they still pay the bills im sure. and they dont piss people off like those ones with sound and video, im a gamer and sometimes have my sound up and if i minimize to look something up on dont want your website shouting at me i have won a free ipod. I agree with that, some of the ads are just annoying. But we often don't have the ability to choose what ads are displayed.
But we still have bills to pay, and i really do fell like you are stealing when you block ads on my site. So ive started banning people who do it. |
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dadkins
Can you do Blu?
Premium,MVM
join:2003-09-26
Hercules, CA
 ·Comcast
1 edit | reply to dlewis23
said by dlewis23 :said by dadkins :Here, one of the ways I have to kill ads is with my firewall. It denies the ad server connection. If the connection is denied, they may see it. If the connection is made, but no data is transferred(images/flash/???), they may see that. Do I care? HELL NO! This is MY computer! *I* pay for the bandwidth and *I* say what gets sent across my connection. *I* determin what gets displayed on *MY* screen! Sue me? Ha Ha! Byte Me! They no likey? Tough shitsky! Its your computer and I respect that, but then you can't expect websites to deliver good content. We pay for bandwidth too, and our bandwidth costs a lot more then yours does. We have bills to pay too, and ad's pay those bills. *IF* you cannot pay the bills with less intrusive ads and still deliver the content, well, I imagine you are destined to fail. Sorry!
Even if I did not block the ads YOU have, if they are so annoying that your site is an unwelcome ad farm, I will not go to your site!
Take your pick.
You slather BS ads everywhere, I either block them or go elsewhere.
Both scenarios, you lose! 
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KUppiano
Karl Uppiano
join:2003-02-02
Ferndale, WA
| reply to dlewis23
said by dlewis23 :said by Kearnstd :then dont pick ads that make people want to block them. take google ads for example, simple and non intrusive but they still pay the bills im sure. and they dont piss people off like those ones with sound and video, im a gamer and sometimes have my sound up and if i minimize to look something up on dont want your website shouting at me i have won a free ipod. I agree with that, some of the ads are just annoying. But we often don't have the ability to choose what ads are displayed. But we still have bills to pay, and i really do fell like you are stealing when you block ads on my site. So ive started banning people who do it. Are you saying you are not responsible for your web site's content? If that's the case, then you need to get a handle on your content. Ad blockers exist because the ads are intrusive, offensive and downright viral in nature. Fix the ads, and the need for ad blockers will go away. |
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Timmn
join:2000-04-23
Tinley Park, IL
 ·AT&T Yahoo
| reply to dlewis23
said by dlewis23 :But we still have bills to pay, and i really do fell like you are stealing when you block ads on my site. So ive started banning people who do it. I disagree sir, by shoving content I do not want into my face, you are stealing from me. You are stealing the bandwidth used to deliver it, the computer processing time used to display it and the time I wasted viewing it.
You may ban anyone you choose, it's your site, you may do as you wish with it. The problem is, that your banning method singles out anyone who is using Firefox, if they actually are running Adblock or not.
I am not a programmer, but I am fairly certain that someone out there could write a version of Adblock that would be effective on IE. Then, I guess, you would have to ban all of them also. |
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rapidrick
join:1999-10-28
Bear, DE
| reply to dlewis23
said by dlewis23 :said by dadkins : Its your computer and I respect that, but then you can't expect websites to deliver good content. We pay for bandwidth too, and our bandwidth costs a lot more then yours does. We have bills to pay too, and ad's pay those bills. I'm not so sure about that, it depends on the viewpoint.... You(Companies) pay more than the users? Perhaps not if you figure in that the users outnumber the companies by what, 10 to 1, 50 to 1, 100 to 1, may 10,000 to one, or higher...
Websites will deliever good content, if they want our $$$ for whatever they are hawking! Otherwise, we take our money elswhere....Seems pretty simple to me..... |
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SkyBlue
join:2007-03-31
| reply to Timmn
said by Timmn :said by dlewis23 :But we still have bills to pay, and i really do fell like you are stealing when you block ads on my site. So ive started banning people who do it. I disagree sir, by shoving content I do not want into my face, you are stealing from me. You are stealing the bandwidth used to deliver it, the computer processing time used to display it and the time I wasted viewing it. You may ban anyone you choose, it's your site, you may do as you wish with it. The problem is, that your banning method singles out anyone who is using Firefox, if they actually are running Adblock or not. I am not a programmer, but I am fairly certain that someone out there could write a version of Adblock that would be effective on IE. Then, I guess, you would have to ban all of them also. LOL DITTO DITTO>... you took the words right out of my mouth I pay for the bandwith do I pay to receive calls from the mens church or from a bank trying to get you to sign up for there online service?
On my cell phone last I checked it costs me per minute.
I pay for that. Excuse us for not wanting to waste our money and the isp's money on banner ad bandwith..
I even noticed on my computer that sometimes it hangs while trying to load POS ad's and that Peeeeeeeeee Z me off.
As far as my space and websites like that trying to get money off you? That's why they came out with cookies you can trac people and steal information that i didn't authorize them. Rather it was part of the agreement that if I wanted to view there site I have to enable cookies.
The only Cookies I like are the ones that come out the oven hot with chocolate chips on them.
I gota reconfigure my router and browser to reject all this BCrap! |
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mohito
Premium
join:2003-09-29
New York, NY
1 edit | reply to Timmn
We already have, it's called JunkBuster.
I can only lead a horse to water,
I can't make it drink. |
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