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Re:Ad blockers are part of the problem by yladiz on Monday November 21, 2016 @08:18AM (#13005117)
Pardon the flame, but if you seriously think this, stop being an ass and get off your high horse. Ads aren't meant for you, they are meant to help the producer of the content. How do you define an ad you want to consume? Something specifically targeted for you, or by some other definition? If it's the former, are you okay with the fine grained tracking companies like Google do to give you that targeted ad?

Hunt is not blaming his users, he is blaming the specific ad blocker (and more specifically, a bad actor and the inaction of the ad blocker) for blocking a truly unobtrusive ad, and so in this case the title is warranted, maybe a little bit click bait.

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Re:Ad blockers are part of the problem by omginternets on Monday November 21, 2016 @08:21AM (#13005133)
Flame pardoned, but there is no high horse. Instead, there's an observation about the general trends in online marketing: go native or die by a thousand ad-blocks.

>Ads aren't meant for you, they are meant to help the producer of the content.

Sadly for the producer of the content, I (or others) have to consume the god-damn ads. Complaining that one's users are blocking one's ads amounts to complaining that one's marketing strategy is bad.

So yes, I do have trouble taking "boo hoo people are blocking my ads" seriously.

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Re:Ad blockers are part of the problem by yladiz on Monday November 21, 2016 @08:25AM (#13005158)
Go back and read the article. Hunt is not complaining about users blocking ads, he is complaining that a specific adblocker is blocking his ad even though it is unobtrusive and he sent in a specific form to allow the ad.
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Re:Ad blockers are part of the problem by omginternets on Monday November 21, 2016 @08:50AM (#13005308)
With respect: go back and read the comment thread.

- we agree that he's complaining about a specific list

- we agree that the ad is unobtrusive

- we agree that he sent in a form

However:

1. it's an ad 2. "unobtrusive" is relative, and clearly people are annoyed with his ad

In what world is blaming EasyList the right move? They're doing what it is they're meant to do (and that for which people donate to the service): blocking annoyances on the web.

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