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Adblock Plus, scourge of websites, seeks industry deal
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| February 7, 2016
| Marie Julien
Posted on 02/08/2016 5:46:58 AM PST by hiho hiho
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"Clearly, Eyeo's primary aim is to get its hands on a share of the advertising revenues."
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posted on
02/08/2016 5:46:58 AM PST
by
hiho hiho
To: hiho hiho
People using ad blockers is really a consumer boycott of crappy, annoying, take-over ads. We are tired of putting up with it. I wouldn’t block quality, but I refuse to be a target of spammy garbage.
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posted on
02/08/2016 5:48:45 AM PST
by
r_barton
(We the People of the United States...)
To: hiho hiho; rdb3; Calvinist_Dark_Lord; JosephW; Only1choice____Freedom; amigatec; ...
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posted on
02/08/2016 5:49:36 AM PST
by
ShadowAce
(Linux - The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: hiho hiho
Switch to UBLOCK ORIGIN. It works much better as an ad blocker.
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posted on
02/08/2016 5:51:17 AM PST
by
r_barton
(We the People of the United States...)
To: r_barton
I use both ABP and uBlock. They play well together and I completely forget that there are ads incessantly popping up on websites until I am on someone else’s computer and see all the wonders I am “missing”.
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posted on
02/08/2016 5:55:52 AM PST
by
Prov1322
(Enjoy my wife's incredible artwork at www.watercolorARTwork.com! (This space no longer for rent))
To: hiho hiho
I’m perfectly willing to tolerate ads on a website. I’m not willing to tolerate auto-playing videos with sound.
To: hiho hiho
Make a deal, face the wheel.
And all my wheel slots say, “Will find another open source ad blocker that didn’t sell us out.”
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posted on
02/08/2016 5:57:28 AM PST
by
Azeem
(There are four boxes to be used in the defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury and ammo.)
To: hiho hiho
I was late to AdBlock. I used Noscipt and a 3rd party popup blocker to block some of the more intrusive ads. I finally gave in and added AdBlock because of the intrusive spy cookies in even the simplest ads. I understand the need for ad revenue to support the internet, but until they go with clean, static ads, I’ll just opt out.
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posted on
02/08/2016 5:57:50 AM PST
by
PAR35
To: hiho hiho
In other words, AdBlock will charge advertisers for access to YOUR machine.
That's awful nice of them.
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posted on
02/08/2016 5:58:38 AM PST
by
IronJack
To: hiho hiho
"... acceptable" level and form of advertising on the net.
The only acceptable level is zero. I'm so sick of commercials on TV - and pop ups on the PC, I'm thiiiiiis close to canceling all of it.
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posted on
02/08/2016 5:58:52 AM PST
by
oh8eleven
(RVN '67-'68)
To: hiho hiho
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posted on
02/08/2016 5:59:59 AM PST
by
RC one
("...all persons born in the allegiance of the United States are natural-born citizens" US v. WKA)
To: hiho hiho
AdBlock’s creators deserve to reap BILLIONS from any deal.
To: hiho hiho
It’s astounding that there are still FReepers who complain about popups and ads on linked articles.
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posted on
02/08/2016 6:00:44 AM PST
by
Rebelbase
(Best election ever. Sick of it already, but best election ever.)
To: Bruce Campbells Chin
For Opera I use:
Flashcontrol 7.0.0
Prevents Flash content from loading unless you allow it
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posted on
02/08/2016 6:09:07 AM PST
by
McGruff
(Rubio quit his job as senator. Can't have a quitter as president.)
To: Rebelbase
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posted on
02/08/2016 6:09:54 AM PST
by
oh8eleven
(RVN '67-'68)
To: hiho hiho
nearly $22 billion in revenues were lost globally last year as a result of ad-blocking software I'd estimate $10 billion of that was lost by toupee sellers due to fewer people having to tear their hair out from dealing with all the ads.
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posted on
02/08/2016 6:10:42 AM PST
by
pa_dweller
(Go ahead Libs, drink the kool-aid. It's got electrolytes!)
To: r_barton
Another believer in “UBLOCK ORIGIN” - far lighter & faster without the bogging down of AdBlockPlus
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posted on
02/08/2016 6:11:53 AM PST
by
newfreep
(TRUMP & <S>Cruz</S> 2016 - "Evil succeeds when good men do nothing" - Edmund Burke)
To: hiho hiho
The ads never bothered me until they started scripting entire screen hijacks that pop up and gray out/disable the entire screen. The video ads that force you to watch a 30 second ad before a 15 second news clip are also over the top. That’s when I started using adblock and element hider. Sidebar ads don’t bug me at all... had they kept it clean, this wouldn’t be a problem. It’ll be a sad day if they start taking bribes from advertisers. Hopefully someone else will step in and fill the void if it goes there.
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posted on
02/08/2016 6:12:15 AM PST
by
FunkyZero
(... I've got a Grand Piano to prop up my mortal remains)
To: r_barton; Prov1322; Bruce Campbells Chin
Test-driving uBlock Origin now with Disable HTML5 Autoplay just added now. Still running ABP also while waiting for further news.
To: Resettozero
The nice thing about Ublock Origin is you can whitelist sites that you like and allow them to get the ad revenue. So you can turn it on and off for various sites by clicking on its icon.
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posted on
02/08/2016 6:27:10 AM PST
by
r_barton
(We the People of the United States...)
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