I've already run into this. You know what I do, I don't visit those websites. Screw 'em. If they're gonna be that way, I don't need them.
you abolish the EU
The EU is a cancer on the American society
When I get the ‘ad block’ or ‘you have reached your limit of free article views’ message I just reload the link in an ‘incognito’ window.(running chrome)
Works a charm.
The statement in the article that ad-blocking is the new anti-virus/anti-malware rings very true. Since using Ghostery, Ad-Block Plus and blocking cookies I cannot recall the last time Malwarebytes popped up due to a website wanting to download malicious code onto my computer through some advertisement on a website.
If websites really gave a sh*t they'd find another way to monetize their website. That means they'd have to have excellent content that users would want to pay to access and consume / contribute.
Oh gee, like say .... FREEREPUBLIC.COM which has survived 20 years using this exact model.
Or perhaps websites that rely on advertising dollars to survive (and many of them make quite a bit of money..) would want to spend some of that revenue guaranteeing the safety and security of the advertisement on their website.
That's REALLY the problem at the core of the debate: These sites want all the revenue without having to spend a thin dime on securing their sites properly and checking to make sure the advertisements that appear on them are safe and don't install malicious code on their readers computers.
Then there's the advertisement sites, of which there are more than I can name. Unscrupulous, lax in their own security, wanting to serve up as much as possible using as few resources (secure) as possible. Subject to hacking themselves and they don't really give a crap.
All this gives me a business idea. Not going to state it here. Going to talk to a venture capitalist friend of mine and see what he thinks first. There's a way to do this all safely and securely by giving users the control over what they see. Why didn't I think of this before?!