Block Adverts Outside of the Browser

vm writes with word of a new project from the creators of AdBlock for Chrome, the popular extension mini-app lifesaver cheese grater that blocks advertisements from showing up on web pages. The new tool in development, AdBlock Freedom, expands the ad-free experience to television, magazines newspapers circulars whatarethosethings , and billboards. 'Here's how it works: when powered off, AdBlock Freedom functions as sunglasses. Slide a discreet switch on the frame, and AdBlock Freedom begins scanning your view area mind girlfriend for objects that it recognizes as ads. Any detected ad gets a "smudge" overlay to blend it into its surroundings.' You can sign up now for the beta test OPTION BLOCKED OPTION BLOCKED OPTION BLOCKED ."

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[chargersfan420]

April First Post! There, now i never have to do this again.

Feh.

[ackthpt]

Just employ your Joo Janta 200 Super-Chromatic Peril Sensitive Sunglasses and set for protection from Advertising. Works great.

not too far from reality

[smellsofbikes]

We already have Word Lens, and wearable eyeglass-style displays. I have a friend who wants to try to explore the US using nothing but a compass and a sextant, but with the ubiquity of direction signs you don't actually need navigation equipment. He's hoping he can get Word Lens running on a wearable display so he can scramble all the street signs and have a whole new country to explore.

Re:not too far from reality

[smellsofbikes]

I have a friend who wants to try to explore the US using nothing but a compass and a sextant,

What kind of a tent?

It's a 'tant' which is real close to a 'taint' (you know: tain't the one, tain't the other). If it doesn't make you tense, we can call it the same, for all intents.

Re:To all complainers: why not counter-troll?

[Israfels]

Time to cover my car in advertising bumper stickers and effectively make it invisible!

Re:Give users {control/money/respect/pants}

[Miseph]

I've got a better idea:

Give me an adblocker that stifles ads with sound, pop-ups, pop-unders, animation (although I will accept it on mouse-over), changing size, and other abusive fucktardery, but allows silent, static, on-page ads to appear unimpeded; furthermore, have it automatically generate a message to the webmaster informing them that their abusive and needlessly irritating ad has been blocked, and that so long as they continue to run ads which unreasonably interfere with my ability to use their site, I will continue to deny them ad-revenues.

I'll use it, and I'll be glad for the option of rewarding good behavior (through allowing reasonable ads to generate revenue) and punishing bad behavior (by causing obnoxious ads to waste bandwidth and potentially DDoS mail servers).

I don't have any problem with a site running banner ads as a revenue stream, and I am perfectly happy to just let them display on the page... but intentionally doing extra shit just to annoy me is crossing the line.