Crowd-funded AdBlock campaign

OrbitalDawn said:
https://campaign.getadblock.com/adblock-it-s-time-to-spread-the-word

Companies won't like it. :p
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Not just companies, but individuals who rely on advertising on their blogs or on youtube. As much as ads annoy me, they also allow for people to generate a small to reasonable income (assuming a really popular blog/youtube channel) and thus continue doing what they love. Maybe they're the minority, but I've heard more than once the past few weeks people complaining about adblocking killing what little income they were getting off their popular online presence.

Also many websites rely on ad-revenue to keep doing what they're doing. The 'companies' will feel the impact of this a lot less than many of those sites you enjoy on a regular basis.
 
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Yeah. It's not just companies.

All those Youtubers that great content are now gonna get screwed as well.

That's why things like Subbable have sprung up:
https://subbable.com/
 
This is awesome. It would be better if ISP's could start filtering them out out, but this is good for now
 
JStrike said:
This is awesome. It would be better if ISP's could start filtering them out out, but this is good for now
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I seem to recall you being very outspoken against piracy. Do you feel that developers that don't want to charge for their software should be denied the opportunity to recoup their costs through the selling of ads?

And what of MyBB? Should the forum close down due to being reliant on ads as well?
 
efitol said:
I seem to recall you being very outspoken against piracy. Do you feel that developers that don't want to charge for their software should be denied the opportunity to recoup their costs through the selling of ads?

And what of MyBB? Should the forum close down due to being reliant on ads as well?
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Exactly.

Without Ads everything would be pay walled.
 
efitol said:
I seem to recall you being very outspoken against piracy. Do you feel that developers that don't want to charge for their software should be denied the opportunity to recoup their costs through the selling of ads?

And what of MyBB? Should the forum close down due to being reliant on ads as well?
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i believe they need to update their business models. If people don't want Ads, then charge a fee.
I have no problem with MyBB charging a fee. It will also help increase the quality of comments here probably :)
 
If the ads are unobtrusive, all well and good.

But like the DSTV ads playing at twice the audio level of programs, if it's in my face then that site will get blocked.

I don't need a mouse-over to suddenly open an ad which covers half my screen.
 
Chevron said:
Exactly.

Without Ads everything would be pay walled.
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Part of the problem is that people still equate internet advertising with television advertising of yesteryear: Company x pays for their advert and your skipping that ad only affects company x and how much you're exposed to them. It's vastly different online though...and the more we block adverts, the less opportunity there is for people to make a living off of ad revenue, and for sites like mybb to keep on running.

People are quick to be up in arms over government control over the internet, but somewhat blind to their own role in erecting obstacles to information access.
 
This is a two-way street. If publishers treat their users' attention with no respect they can't be surprised that their users treat their commercial desires with no respect.
 
daveza said:
If the ads are unobtrusive, all well and good.

But like the DSTV ads playing at twice the audio level of programs, if it's in my face then that site will get blocked.

I don't need a mouse-over to suddenly open an ad which covers half my screen.
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Or those ads on Youtube over the video that you need to close, the 5 second ad videos wait is long enough as is.
 
daveza said:
If the ads are unobtrusive, all well and good.
I don't need a mouse-over to suddenly open an ad which covers half my screen.
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icyrus said:
This is a two-way street. If publishers treat their users' attention with no respect they can't be surprised that their users treat their commercial desires with no respect.
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There we go.

Ads are fine.

An assault on my senses is not...
 
icyrus said:
This is a two-way street. If publishers treat their users' attention with no respect they can't be surprised that their users treat their commercial desires with no respect.
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The problem is that one stupidly overbearing advert = AdBlock activated and everyone else suffers. Ideally there should be stricter guidelines as to what constitutes decent advertising, and sites which deviate from those guidelines should be penalized / added to a blocked ip list which is then permissible in apps like Adblock.
 
The sad part is that people may start to complain about poor service levels or paywalls, but they fully support ad blockers on these online platforms. If ad revenue dries up other business models will indeed develop, but it may well mean users will have to pay – which is already starting to happen.
 
JStrike said:
i believe they need to update their business models. If people don't want Ads, then charge a fee.
I have no problem with MyBB charging a fee. It will also help increase the quality of comments here probably :)
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People seem to be a lot more open to ads than paying though. This can be clearly seen in app stores where you have the free, bare-bones version of an app that has substantially (I'm talking orders of magnitude here) more hits than the paid, full-featured and ad-free version. This, in fact, tells me that most people don't mind ads at all if it means getting something for free that they'd otherwise have to pay for.

So who benefits from the ads being blocked at ISP level?
 
saor said:
The problem is that one stupidly overbearing advert = AdBlock activated and everyone else suffers. Ideally there should be stricter guidelines as to what constitutes decent advertising, and sites which deviate from those guidelines should be penalized / added to a blocked ip list which is then permissible in apps like Adblock.
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Another problem rampant in advertising that users are becoming more aware of is tracking. I don't particularly want your advertisers building of profile of me (without my consent and even against my wishes) based on the ads you sell on your site.
 
efitol said:
People seem to be a lot more open to ads than paying though. This can be clearly seen in app stores where you have the free, bare-bones version of an app that has substantially (I'm talking orders of magnitude here) more hits than the paid, full-featured and ad-free version. This, in fact, tells me that most people don't mind ads at all if it means getting something for free that they'd otherwise have to pay for.

So who benefits from the ads being blocked at ISP level?
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Less users isn't a problem if the revenue is high
 
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