Some ad-blockers are tracking you, shaking down publishers, and showing you ads

Re:Some ad-blockers are tracking you, shaking down publisher... by forgetsusername on Wednesday March 02, 2016 @05:43PM (#11213649)

>"porn viewers don't have a huge incentive to make sure PORNHUB CO. doesn't appear on their bank statement"

Do they? I mean, honestly, who isn't a porn viewer? Who on earth would you, personally, think it to be scandalous to have a porn subscription discovered on their credit card? Anybody? What is the incentive?

I thought OP's porn example was pretty good. The entire world crushes porn (even when it's taboo or illegal), and yet still refuses to pay for it.

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Re:Some ad-blockers are tracking you, shaking down publisher... by bcoates on Wednesday March 02, 2016 @05:48PM (#11213682)

I'm pretty sure people who have a not terribly high opinion of me would have it lowered still to discover I paid for porn.

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Re:Some ad-blockers are tracking you, shaking down publisher... by p4wnc6 on Wednesday March 02, 2016 @06:24PM (#11213903)

Eh, they are probably too busy looking at porn to care.

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Re:Some ad-blockers are tracking you, shaking down publisher... by ksenzee on Wednesday March 02, 2016 @07:22PM (#11214187)

> Who isn't a porn viewer?

Believe it or not, there are people who never watch porn. The industry's sleaziness turns some people off, and some people just aren't into it.

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Re:Some ad-blockers are tracking you, shaking down publisher... by pjc50 on Thursday March 03, 2016 @05:31AM (#11216029)

I think it's very insular to assume that what you think is normal is the same as what most people think is normal, especially when it's still newspaper scandal material.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/smith-ordered-... : mostly this was about putting the cable TV bill on expenses, but all the papers were particularly outraged at finding PPV porn on the bill.

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