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A Campaign to Block Firefox Users?
rarwes writes "A website is aiming at blocking Firefox users. This because a fraction of the Firefox users installed an Ad Blocker and are therefor 'stealing money' from website owners that use ads. They recommend using IE, Opera or IE tab. From the site: 'Demographics have shown that not only are FireFox users a somewhat small percentage of the internet, they actually are even smaller in terms of online spending, therefore blocking FireFox seems to have only minimal financial drawbacks, whereas ending resource theft has tremendous financial rewards for honest, hard-working website owners and developers.' Be interesting to see where they are getting their numbers from.
OK then, you come up with a revenue model that will cover the huge costs of running a major web site. Words like "theft" may not be technically accurate, but the fact remains that people who block ads are getting a free ride. If everybody did it, a lot of sites would have to shut down. Including Slashdot.
If you have to resort to ads to make money, then your web-page content isn't that good.
;-)
The sad thing is that some people will actually believe the nonsense on that web page. The main advantage of Firefox is AdBlock. It used to be tabbed browsing, but MS finally upped their game. Microsoft isn't going to support anything like AdBlock because it goes against everything MS stands for. $$$$$
To understand the person who made this web-page, you have to understand what they believe deep down inside. I believe this person is an American, and here is why:
Americans believe that the only real motivation in life is money. America has become so material driven that Americans have a hard understanding why anyone would do anything out of kindness or any similar motive. They understand the concept of kindness, but they don't believe it happens . . . very often.
Another American belief is that America is the best Nation in the world and that all other countries would be better off with a government just like theirs. The rest of the world knows this isn't true, but Americans are willing to kill people to force their type of government on those people.
I'm not saying whether this is right or wrong, I'll leave that to you, I'm just trying to shed some light on why people actually believe the nonsense this web-page preaches. An add is an indirect way of getting someone to spend money. If you want to make money off of your web-page, then charge to see it. It's that simple. If you have good content, then people will pay. If you have to resort to ads to make money, then your content isn't that good.
Personally I think billboards should be outlawed!