1 edit | Irrelevant I use No Script and AdBlock Plus, which combined together, works so that I don't see any "behavioral advertising" nor do any web pages I read participate in google analytics. And when the browser is closed down the cookies/cache are flushed. Boo hoo. |
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 ZaberWhen all are gone, there shall be none
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Cleveland, OH | said by SilverSurfer1: nor do any web pages I read participate in google analytics. Does that include this site?
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said by SilverSurfer1:I use No Script and AdBlock Plus, which combined together, works so that I don't see any "behavioral advertising" nor do any web pages I read participate in google analytics. And when the browser is closed down the cookies/cache are flushed. Boo hoo. Same here. |
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Elbonia | reply to SilverSurfer1
I don't believe in blocking ads indiscriminately. It is a good thing for sites to make money with ads, and I don't mind seeing them, when they aren't obnoxious.
I do block servers that don't meet my standards for privacy and non-intrusiveness. This includes companies that track users from site to site; third-party Javascript; and anything that flashes, blinks, zooms or is otherwise animated.
If everyone followed this kind of policy, we could have nice advertising on the web, sites could be supported, without the annoyances. |
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| said by swhx7:I don't believe in blocking ads indiscriminately. It is a good thing for sites to make money with ads, and I don't mind seeing them, when they aren't obnoxious. I do block servers that don't meet my standards for privacy and non-intrusiveness. This includes companies that track users from site to site; third-party Javascript; and anything that flashes, blinks, zooms or is otherwise animated. If everyone followed this kind of policy, we could have nice advertising on the web, sites could be supported, without the annoyances. You hit the nail on the head right there with the obnoxious flashing ads that are enough to put someone into an epileptic seizure. If all ads were as serene and calm as the kind found on the Gmail page, I wouldn't feel the need to "indiscriminately block," to use your terminology. But unfortunately, my threshold for obnoxious, pop under/pop over/pop above ads has been breached and now I just block everything. |
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