Re:Things That Are Trying To Kill Display Ads
by ChrisSD on Tuesday December 26, 2017 @08:09AM
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From a technical perspective you're wrong. Adblock Plus does sell exceptions but something like uBlock Origin doesn't and it was designed to be low on resources
Re:Things That Are Trying To Kill Display Ads
by betterunix2 on Tuesday December 26, 2017 @08:56AM
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"their business model"
Not all ad blockers have a "business model." Some are just volunteer efforts by people who are tired of the resource-sapping ads that have become common all over the web.
Re:Things That Are Trying To Kill Display Ads
by Nadya on Tuesday December 26, 2017 @11:29AM
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Adblockers are a racket, their business model involves asking advertisers to pony up protection money for exceptions
Want to show me where Gorhill asks advertisers to pony up money to be exempt from uBlock Origin?
>This is true, but adblockers don't care about fixing the user's problems.
This is one of the core design choices of uBO: use minimal resources
He's actually right. Adblockers are a racket, their business model involves asking advertisers to pony up protection money for exceptions.
> Not to speak of the negative impact ads have on website performance, battery usage and waste of bandwidth.
This is true, but adblockers don't care about fixing the user's problems.