Adblocking people and non-adblocking people experience a different web

Re:Adblocking people and non-adblocking people experience a ... by ar_lan on Monday January 31, 2022 @01:50PM (#30152325)

> I feel zero guilt about ad blocking.

I don't know why anybody would feel any guilt. When cable was the only thing available, I would switch to my Gameboy when ads would come on and mute the TV, effectively blocking the ads. I'm always curious if people who shame others about ad-blocking similarly think that action was immoral and I should instead be forced to keep my eyes open with superglue when the ads came on.

> People give Brave grief over BAT

Many people are against crypto-currency with no reason other to be contrarian (or they just really, really, really love JP Morgan/Chase). BAT is not even required to be used to use Brave...

I have mixed opinions on where the ad-blocking layer should live (I generally think at the router level), but there are some undeniable benefits to having at least some form at the browser-level as well, and I think Brave making this a default was a fantastic idea.

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Re:Adblocking people and non-adblocking people experience a ... by BrendanEich on Monday January 31, 2022 @03:02PM (#30153457)

Thanks for your kind words.

Quick note on router level approach: without MitM and full JS/HTML/CSS runtime, can't block tracking and ads effectively.

PiHole etc. are good but not sufficient to stop the latest, and with Google pushing for more AMP borg-ification of sites' content, getting into the 1st party content that unfolds only at TLS termination and JS execution is essential to blocking threats.

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