Re:Some ad-blockers are tracking you, shaking down publisher...
by futunet on Thursday March 03, 2016 @12:59PM
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What would constitute evidence of corruption?
* Allowing the most invasive of all the ad trackers to be members of Acceptable ads? (Criteo: Yes, they're a member)
* Allowing the most ubiquitous ad trackers to be members of Acceptable Ads? (Google: Yes, they're a member)
* Allowing the advertisements of companies owned by their investors to be members of Acceptable Ads? (Sedo: Owned by Tim Schumacher -- Yes they're a member)
* Allowing cheesy "native ads" site-spam to be part of Acceptable Ads? (Taboola. Yes, they're a member.)
* Gouging publishers for an absolutely absurd pound of flesh? (The rate is 30% of ad revenue for blocked ads. Insane!)
* Allowing the most invasive of all the ad trackers to be members of Acceptable ads? (Criteo: Yes, they're a member)
* Allowing the most ubiquitous ad trackers to be members of Acceptable Ads? (Google: Yes, they're a member)
* Allowing the advertisements of companies owned by their investors to be members of Acceptable Ads? (Sedo: Owned by Tim Schumacher -- Yes they're a member)
* Allowing cheesy "native ads" site-spam to be part of Acceptable Ads? (Taboola. Yes, they're a member.)
* Gouging publishers for an absolutely absurd pound of flesh? (The rate is 30% of ad revenue for blocked ads. Insane!)
I could go on.
There's a lot wrong with the program.