Comments on: The Ethics of Adblocking http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntucat/the-ethics-of-adblocking/ Random musings from the radical feminist Christian antiracist left - some having to do with Ubuntu Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:52:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: nathangrubb http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntucat/the-ethics-of-adblocking/comment-page-1/#comment-330 nathangrubb Wed, 02 Jan 2008 00:30:54 +0000 http://ubuntucat.wordpress.com/2007/07/09/the-ethics-of-adblocking/#comment-330 oh about image hosting I don't think picoodle has ads oh about image hosting I don’t think picoodle has ads

]]> By: Ashwin http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntucat/the-ethics-of-adblocking/comment-page-1/#comment-329 Ashwin Tue, 16 Oct 2007 17:38:22 +0000 http://ubuntucat.wordpress.com/2007/07/09/the-ethics-of-adblocking/#comment-329 I have some ideas on how to prevent adblocking. The basic idea is to selectively encrypt a webpage. Please see: http://www.killadblock.frihost.net/kab/index.html There is a live demo that encrypts your HTML! I have some ideas on how to prevent adblocking. The basic idea is to selectively encrypt a webpage. Please see:
http://www.killadblock.frihost.net/kab/index.html

There is a live demo that encrypts your HTML!

]]> By: Adam Rezich http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntucat/the-ethics-of-adblocking/comment-page-1/#comment-328 Adam Rezich Wed, 15 Aug 2007 07:07:59 +0000 http://ubuntucat.wordpress.com/2007/07/09/the-ethics-of-adblocking/#comment-328 Finally! Somebody I can fully agree with. I've been waiting for somebody to realize that nobody would use Adblock Plus if Internet ads were unobtrusive. If everyone used, for example, one or two Google AdSense (text-banner-thing) ads per page, nobody would download AdBlock Plus (except for the odd 56k user dead-set on maximizing performance). Websites like MySpace know that their endless hordes of users will continue to visit their site, regardless of the number of Flash-based bandwidth-intensive ads that are displayed on the front page; people these days practically LIVE on MySpace. Heck, looking at it right now, they could pile even MORE ads on, and people would still use it. One of the chief reasons I switched from MySpace (which I never liked to begin with) to Facebook was the relative lack of advertising. My mouse is hovering over the "Uninstall" button on Adblock Plus, waiting for web developers to tone down their advertising to acceptable levels. Until then, they'll just have to learn their lesson the hard way. Finally! Somebody I can fully agree with. I’ve been waiting for somebody to realize that nobody would use Adblock Plus if Internet ads were unobtrusive. If everyone used, for example, one or two Google AdSense (text-banner-thing) ads per page, nobody would download AdBlock Plus (except for the odd 56k user dead-set on maximizing performance). Websites like MySpace know that their endless hordes of users will continue to visit their site, regardless of the number of Flash-based bandwidth-intensive ads that are displayed on the front page; people these days practically LIVE on MySpace. Heck, looking at it right now, they could pile even MORE ads on, and people would still use it. One of the chief reasons I switched from MySpace (which I never liked to begin with) to Facebook was the relative lack of advertising.

My mouse is hovering over the “Uninstall” button on Adblock Plus, waiting for web developers to tone down their advertising to acceptable levels. Until then, they’ll just have to learn their lesson the hard way.

]]> By: ubuntucat http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntucat/the-ethics-of-adblocking/comment-page-1/#comment-327 ubuntucat Tue, 17 Jul 2007 18:30:35 +0000 http://ubuntucat.wordpress.com/2007/07/09/the-ethics-of-adblocking/#comment-327 Yeah, policies change sometimes. I appreciate the suggestion, though. Yeah, policies change sometimes. I appreciate the suggestion, though.

]]> By: Frak http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntucat/the-ethics-of-adblocking/comment-page-1/#comment-326 Frak Tue, 17 Jul 2007 17:21:45 +0000 http://ubuntucat.wordpress.com/2007/07/09/the-ethics-of-adblocking/#comment-326 My bad, I haven't checked back with photobucket in like 3 or 4 months, and I'm pretty sure they didn't have ads back then. My bad, I haven’t checked back with photobucket in like 3 or 4 months, and I’m pretty sure they didn’t have ads back then.

]]> By: ubuntucat http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntucat/the-ethics-of-adblocking/comment-page-1/#comment-325 ubuntucat Tue, 17 Jul 2007 05:19:32 +0000 http://ubuntucat.wordpress.com/2007/07/09/the-ethics-of-adblocking/#comment-325 Are you sure they're ad-free? http://photobucket.com/about/advertise-with-us Are you sure they’re ad-free?
http://photobucket.com/about/advertise-with-us

]]> By: Frak http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntucat/the-ethics-of-adblocking/comment-page-1/#comment-324 Frak Mon, 16 Jul 2007 23:49:14 +0000 http://ubuntucat.wordpress.com/2007/07/09/the-ethics-of-adblocking/#comment-324 Why don't you host your images on Photobucket, they are free and ad-less. I use them for my images now. Why don’t you host your images on Photobucket, they are free and ad-less. I use them for my images now.

]]> By: ubuntucat http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntucat/the-ethics-of-adblocking/comment-page-1/#comment-323 ubuntucat Wed, 11 Jul 2007 19:05:38 +0000 http://ubuntucat.wordpress.com/2007/07/09/the-ethics-of-adblocking/#comment-323 Great follow-up article, Wladimir. Thanks for posting that! Great follow-up article, Wladimir. Thanks for posting that!

]]> By: Wladimir Palant http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntucat/the-ethics-of-adblocking/comment-page-1/#comment-316 Wladimir Palant Wed, 11 Jul 2007 07:36:11 +0000 http://ubuntucat.wordpress.com/2007/07/09/the-ethics-of-adblocking/#comment-316 Nice article! It goes along the same lines as a few I have written but I don't see them in further reading section, maybe you didn't read them after all. See http://adblockplus.org/blog/ethics-of-blocking-ads-part-3 Nice article! It goes along the same lines as a few I have written but I don’t see them in further reading section, maybe you didn’t read them after all. See http://adblockplus.org/blog/ethics-of-blocking-ads-part-3

]]> By: Count Shrimpula http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntucat/the-ethics-of-adblocking/comment-page-1/#comment-322 Count Shrimpula Tue, 10 Jul 2007 15:30:07 +0000 http://ubuntucat.wordpress.com/2007/07/09/the-ethics-of-adblocking/#comment-322 I think you've got a pretty good perspective on it with this article. I don't want to take food out of anyone's mouth, and I certainly don't begrudge anyone wanting to make money off of their websites. But I do have Flashblock installed in Firefox, because holy hell, is that technology abused for ads. And I have Adblock installed, but by default I let ads through. The only ones I block are blinky ads and the like that try to rape my poor eyes when I just want to be viewing a site. And NoScript ensures that I never see a pop-up/under ad, even ones that get around Firefox's built-in pop-up blocker. And this make the web a much happier place for me. I think you’ve got a pretty good perspective on it with this article. I don’t want to take food out of anyone’s mouth, and I certainly don’t begrudge anyone wanting to make money off of their websites. But I do have Flashblock installed in Firefox, because holy hell, is that technology abused for ads. And I have Adblock installed, but by default I let ads through. The only ones I block are blinky ads and the like that try to rape my poor eyes when I just want to be viewing a site. And NoScript ensures that I never see a pop-up/under ad, even ones that get around Firefox’s built-in pop-up blocker. And this make the web a much happier place for me.

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