StraitShoot
Who Loves Ya Baby? - Theo Kojak
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join:2003-02-08
Clinton, MA
| This is all bull!
When I browse, I don't want to see any ads. Period. End of discussion. I don't care if the developer needs to have the audience to see the ad so he or she can get paid. The developer can also sell the product. As for me, where there is a will there's a way, and I'll do anything I have to to keep ads of MY machine....
Firefox is opensource. It's MY Software.
My computer belongs to ME! I paid for it with my cold earned hard cash!
I use Win2000 Pro sp4. When it matures a little more I'll switch to Linux..
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en102
Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA
 ·RoadRunner Cable
 ·DSL EXTREME
| I do agree with you on many points.
I wouldn't go as far as to claim that Firefox is 'your' software though, but rather its licensed opensource.
Your PC belongs to you (paid for... no license terms required)
Windows unfortunately is licensed 
Linux is a good workaround for the Windoze blues (or blue screen of death).
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mwa423
@insight.com
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The obvious selfish flaw in your statement is that you assume the developer has a product to sell besides the content you are viewing. For example, DSLR doesn't really have a product to sell besides the content. If you block the ads it has no other significant revenue source. |
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badjoe
Americal Division
Premium
join:2003-12-04
·AT&T Southeast
| reply to StraitShoot
I've been using a companion to Adblock Plus for a couple of years. It greatly increases the effectiveness and automatically updates it's list of ads to block every 4-7 days, but still allows you to add your own list or individual ads that may slip through the filter. Adblock Filterset.G Updater »addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1136 |
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Jason Levine
Premium
join:2001-07-13
USA
| reply to StraitShoot
As both a website operator and user, I'd have to take issue with that attitude. Some ads to help keep a site afloat are ok by me. I even employ them on my PCQandA.com website (though the vast majority of our funds come from user donations). That said, the ads should be minimal and not overly intrusive. Google's Adsense does this well. Any "punch the monkey" or video ads or "watch this ad to continue" are not ok in my book. |
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davoice
join:2000-08-12
Saxapahaw, NC
·Comporium
| reply to mwa423
Actually DSLR/BBR makes money off of referrals on some of the carriers. Not all of the participate but most of the ones on the business/enterprise side do (i.e. for T1s and business DSL) and those sales pay exponentially more than the banner clicks. (Like $50-100 v/s $.05-.10.)
DSLR/BBR happily lets you turn off banners and such in your profile. Now if only every other website were so considerate of its users. |
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steelyken
join:2002-03-04
Plainfield, IN | reply to badjoe
Was a long-time user of Filterset G myself, but it is obsolete.
A much better solution can be found at »easylist.adblockplus.org/. |
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