I no longer trust The Great Suspender

Re:I no longer trust The Great Suspender by ryanlol on Thursday January 21, 2021 @06:37AM (#25857864)

What makes ad replacement malware? Presumably the users don’t care as long as the replacement ads aren’t of horrible quality. It’s definitely a bit cheeky, but malicious? I don’t think so.

This seems like a fairly benign monetization scheme, it’ll hurt some sites that depend on ad revenue but not any more than adblockers.

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Re:I no longer trust The Great Suspender by greenshackle2 on Thursday January 21, 2021 @11:15AM (#25860448)

Call it grayware if you prefer, it's still hot garbage.

Monetization is the process of converting user value into money. If you don't provide any value it's not monetization it's just mining.

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Re:I no longer trust The Great Suspender by ryanlol on Thursday January 21, 2021 @12:09PM (#25861235)

Well, the whole point is to bundle this with a product that generates value for the user.

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