Ad Blocking Irony

Re:Ad Blocking Irony by roymurdock on Saturday September 19, 2015 @01:49PM (#10244987)

Great point. People need to define which ads they are talking about during these sorts of arguments, as "ads" can be thought of as any sort of content that spreads information about a new product or idea as you point out.

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Re:Ad Blocking Irony by copsarebastards on Saturday September 19, 2015 @02:26PM (#10245105)

I don't think it's a great point, I think it's a point that shows no understanding of context. This thread is about ad blockers. Ad blockers don't block blog posts, books, or any of the things he brought up. If you know what "ads" means here, it's not because people need to define what ads they are talking about, it's because you're not paying attention.

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Re:Ad Blocking Irony by SomeCallMeTim on Saturday September 19, 2015 @02:58PM (#10245205)

Ad blockers absolutely block the ads at the top and of Google searches, which I specifically sited as useful.

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Re:Ad Blocking Irony by copsarebastards on Saturday September 19, 2015 @05:31PM (#10245601)

Well, I don't agree. I don't find those useful. If it's what I am searching for, it should be the top search result, otherwise I don't want to see it.

And for the record, I would pay for a search engine without ads (probably DuckDuckGo).

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Re:Ad Blocking Irony by throwaway2048 on Saturday September 19, 2015 @05:32PM (#10245605)

puppies are basicly ads, you wouldnt brutally slaughter puppies would you????

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