Re:BuzzFeed Says Posts Were Deleted Because of Advertising P...
by sliverstorm on Sunday April 19, 2015 @02:58AM
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I do try to disable adblock on sites I like.
Which brings up a technical challenge- there's a vendor I like who implements targeted ads that follow you around the web. The ads are extremely benign and I would want to permit them- but they are hosted on a platform. How do I permit only certain vendors on an ad platform, without allowing the entire platform...
Re:BuzzFeed Says Posts Were Deleted Because of Advertising P...
by manigandham on Sunday April 19, 2015 @03:26AM
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Unfortunately no. Certain networks do have a opt-out selection but this would not work because:
1) the opt-out choice relies on the same tracking cookies and stuff which would be blocked by adblockers
2) not every company offers opt-out because its a gray area of regulation, especially across global regions
3) you would have to opt-out of the infinite choices you dont want, just to let in the single one you do
Also, because Adblock plugins can just stop network requests from ever happening, it's actually hard to accurately measure everything. Lots of publishers also arent that technical or have large dev teams so it might seem simple to the Hacker News readers but reality is more difficult for these sites operators. Wordpress actually runs more of the big famous sites then you may be aware of, just because it's easy and doesn't take a big ops team.