Facebook will force advertising on ad-blocking users

Re:Facebook will force advertising on ad-blocking users by wutbrodo on Tuesday August 09, 2016 @03:10PM (#12257037)

> people install adblockers typically because they find the ads are intrusive (full-screen graphic overlays, etc), or their machine gets infected with ad network-delivered malware. If you presented ads that were respectful to the visitor (i.e. weren't offensive) I expect the blocker escalation war would cease.

This is absolutely incorrect. Users may install them because they find some amount of ads to be abusive, but damn near nobody (relative to all ad blocker usage) starts out on a white list basis, and the idea that they're diligent about unblocking sites that have "good" ads that get past their blocker is just absurd.

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Re:Facebook will force advertising on ad-blocking users by CaptSpify on Tuesday August 09, 2016 @04:18PM (#12257412)

Unfortunately I agree with you. I try to do that, but too many sites are abusive. If a site said "hey, we see you block ads, please unblock, we only use small text ads", I'd unblock right away. Most of the time though, after I unblock a site, I immediately have to re-block it.

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Re:Facebook will force advertising on ad-blocking users by gosukiwi on Tuesday August 09, 2016 @04:36PM (#12257531)

Personally I find that "begging" annoying for sites that I almost never use, like Pastebin. I consider it for sites I use more often, but I agree with you that most of the time I end up turning it on again, ads just lag the site and are obtrusive.

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Re:Facebook will force advertising on ad-blocking users by chiph on Wednesday August 10, 2016 @08:54AM (#12261269)

I'm OK with being shown a moderate amount of ads, if they're relevant and not obnoxious. I realize the site needs ads to bring in revenue and that they don't always publish out of altruism. But over the last 5 years .. whew! I've started reconsidering following any links: "Do I really want to take the risk?"

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Re:Facebook will force advertising on ad-blocking users by corobo on Tuesday August 09, 2016 @04:33PM (#12257511)

Nail on the head there. I installed an ad blocker to stop video adverts on YouTube. Everything else is collateral damage.

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Re:Facebook will force advertising on ad-blocking users by hehheh on Tuesday August 09, 2016 @07:02PM (#12258304)

FWIW YouTube now offers an ad free service for a monthly fee, bundled with Play Music. $10/mo in the US.

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Re:Facebook will force advertising on ad-blocking users by corobo on Tuesday August 09, 2016 @07:21PM (#12258365)

I'll be first in line when it gets here (seriously)

> United Kingdom Not yet available here

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Re:Facebook will force advertising on ad-blocking users by jeeva on Wednesday August 10, 2016 @08:05AM (#12261009)

Annoyingly, it worked for a bit when it was first released (as I was subscribed to GPlay Music at the time).

Was nice, and I actually started watching videos on my phone / chromecast more. Ads being back is annoying.

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Re:Facebook will force advertising on ad-blocking users by backtoyoujim on Tuesday August 09, 2016 @11:31PM (#12259347)

So are you suggesting that the sites that are collateral damage pay for my youtube red service?

Because that seems reasonable.

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Re:Facebook will force advertising on ad-blocking users by hehheh on Wednesday August 10, 2016 @08:41AM (#12261199)

I don't understand the connection.

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Re:Facebook will force advertising on ad-blocking users by danielweber on Tuesday August 09, 2016 @04:14PM (#12257396)

Can you mod my Playstation? I need to play, um, archived games. Yeah that's it. Archived games.

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Re:Facebook will force advertising on ad-blocking users by Nursie on Tuesday August 09, 2016 @04:18PM (#12257411)

While this cliche is indeed very true, the ability to play games from a hard-drive in the PS2 was amazing. No ferreting about for disks, much faster load times etc. I didn't pirate a single one, and loved HDLoader.

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