{"id":2853,"date":"2016-03-03T17:03:07","date_gmt":"2016-03-03T22:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antipaucity.com\/?p=2853"},"modified":"2016-03-03T17:03:07","modified_gmt":"2016-03-03T22:03:07","slug":"on-ads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/merikebi.warrenmyers.com\/?p=2853","title":{"rendered":"on ads"},"content":{"rendered":"

My colleague Sheila<\/a> wrote a great, short piece<\/a> on LinkedIn about ads recently.<\/p>\n

And this is what I commented:<\/p>\n

I held off for years in installing ad blockers\/reducers.<\/p>\n

But I have finally had to cave – been running Flash in “ask-only” mode for months now, and just added a couple blocker\/reducer extensions to Chrome recently (in addition to the ones on my {{iPhone}} for Safari).<\/p>\n

I like supporting a site as much as the next guy (I even run a few highly unobtrusive ones on my sites) – but I agree: when I cann’t tell whether it’s your content or an ad, or even get through all the popovers, splashes, etc, I’m leaving and not coming back<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I hate the idea of ad blockers\/reducers. But it is coming to such a point where you can’t read much of what is on the web because of the inundation of ads.<\/p>\n

And mailing list<\/a> offers. Oh my goodness the mailing list offers. Sadly, the only way to block those seems to be to disable {{javascript}} … which then also breaks lots of sites I need it to work on – and whitelisting becomes problematic with something like javascript, since it’s\u00a0usefully<\/em> ubiquitous (in addition to being\u00a0uselessly<\/em>\u00a0ubiquitous).<\/p>\n

For Safari on {{iOS}} 9, I have three\u00a0blocker\/reducer apps installed (they’re free, too: AdBlock Pro<\/a>, AdBlock Plus<\/a>,\u00a0& Refine<\/a>\u00a0(App Store links)). It’d be nice if they worked for {{Firefox}}, {{Opera Mini}}, and {{Chrome}}, too – but alas they do not (yet).<\/p>\n

Also run two blocking\/reducing extensions in Chrome (my primary web browser) on my desktop – Adblock Plus<\/a> & AdBlock<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Shame the web has come to this. Schneier’s<\/a> written about it recently. As has Brad Jones<\/a> & Phil Barrett<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Wired and Forbes even go so far as to tell you you’re running an ad blocker and ask to be whitelisted or pay a subscription.<\/p>\n

Forbes’ message:<\/p>\n

Hi again. Looks like you\u2019re still using an ad blocker. Please turn it off in order to continue into Forbes’ ad-light experience.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And from Wired:<\/p>\n

Here’s The Thing With Ad Blockers
\nWe get it: Ads aren’t what you’re here for. But ads help us keep the lights on.
\nSo, add us to your ad blocker’s whitelist or pay $1 per week for an ad-free version of WIRED. Either way, you are supporting our journalism. We’d really appreciate it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

If you’re detecting<\/em> my adblocker, maybe instead of telling me you won’t do anything until I whitelist you (or subscribe), you think about the problem with ads first<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Just a thought.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My colleague Sheila wrote a great, short piece on LinkedIn about ads recently. And this is what I commented: I held off for years in installing ad blockers\/reducers. But I have finally had to cave – been running Flash in “ask-only” mode for months now, and just added a couple blocker\/reducer extensions to Chrome recently …
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