Lichess: Block Ads and Trackers

Re:Lichess: Block Ads and Trackers by dylan604 on Tuesday September 19, 2023 @01:47PM (#37573507)

but are ads actually served using resources of the site? i just assumed that the ad was served from the ad provider. the only resources used of the site was the initial JS code. redirecting through the host seems very inefficient.

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Re:Lichess: Block Ads and Trackers by matheusmoreira on Tuesday September 19, 2023 @04:53PM (#37576415)

Ads are displayed on my machines. Using the processor cycles and RAM of my computers. Powered by my electricity. Consuming my limited attention span. Injecting information I didn't ask for and do not want to remember into my mind.

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Re:Lichess: Block Ads and Trackers by paulryanrogers on Tuesday September 19, 2023 @05:49PM (#37577307)

So avoid sites with ads?

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Re:Lichess: Block Ads and Trackers by matheusmoreira on Tuesday September 19, 2023 @08:17PM (#37578869)

No.

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Re:Lichess: Block Ads and Trackers by paulryanrogers on Tuesday September 19, 2023 @09:20PM (#37579318)

Why not? Do you prefer they keep making the ads worse to compensate? Or they paywall more? Or make the ads 'native' and indistinguishable from useful content?

People don't want to work for you for free.

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Re:Lichess: Block Ads and Trackers by matheusmoreira on Tuesday September 19, 2023 @10:14PM (#37579663)

> Why not?

Because I don't have to.

> Do you prefer they keep making the ads worse to compensate?

They'll only be punishing users that haven't installed uBlock Origin yet.

> Or they paywall more?

No objection to that.

> Or make the ads 'native' and indistinguishable from useful content?

If I figure out someone is doing that, I'll never trust them again. I'll literally blacklist the site and if I see it posted here or anywhere else I'll point it out.

> People don't want to work for you for free.

They should start charging money then. Return 402 Payment Required instead of a free HTML page. If they send me ads, I will delete them. I won't be losing even one second of sleep over the matter. I'd delete real life ads too if could get away with it.

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