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Game Site Wonders 'What Next?' When 50% of Users Block Ads

Posted by timothy on from the rather-enjoy-some-kinds-of-ads-myself dept.

6 writes "Destructoid, one of the few remaining bastions of independent game journalism online, wonders what to do now that nearly 50% of their users run ad-blockers."

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  1. Ghostery = Inferior to custom hosts files by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Redundant

    On several levels I invite anyone to disprove me on them, listed below in fact.

    Here's how I generate them, easy as apple pie, from 12++ reputable sources for custom hosts file data online:

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    APK Hosts File Engine 5.0++ 32/64-bit:

    http://start64.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5851:apk-hosts-file-engine-64bit-version&catid=26:64bit-security-software&Itemid=74

    Which, if you read the list of what it can do for you as an end user of the resulting output it produces listed in the link above, you'll understand how/why...

    "It's as strong as steel, & a 3rd of the weight" - Howard Stark from the film "Captain America"

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    Especially vs. competing alternate 'solutions', noted below in AdBlock/Ghostery & yes even DNS servers, next, as 'examples thereof'...

    Solutions that used to be good & I even recommended them in security guides I wrote up over the decades now -> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&tbo=d&output=search&sclient=psy-ab&q=%22HOW+TO+SECURE+Windows+2000/XP%22&btnG=Submit&gbv=1&sei=ka3yUKzxB-6_0QHLroCQCA

    That did extremely well for myself (and users of them), for Windows users, for "layered-security"/"defense-in-depth" purposes - the BEST THING WE HAVE GOING vs. threats of all kinds, currently!

    (Not anymore though, & certainly NOT far as AdBlock's concerned especially, not after this):

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    Adblock Plus To Offer 'Acceptable Ads' Option:

    http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/12/12/2213233/adblock-plus-to-offer-acceptable-ads-option

    (Meaning by default, which MOST USERS WON'T CHANGE, it doesn't block ALL ads - they "souled-out"... talk about "foxes guarding the henhouse")!

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    Plus, Adblock CAN'T DO AS MUCH & not from a single file solution that runs in Ring 0/RPL 0/kernelmode via tcpip.sys, a driver (since it's part of the IP stack & tightly integrated into it) which is far, Far, FAR FASTER than ring 3/rpl 3/usermode apps like browsers, & addons slow them down (known issue in FireFox).

    To wit, 10++ things AdBlock can't do, hosts can:

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    1.) Blocking rogue DNS servers malware makers use

    2.) Blocking known sites/servers that serve up malware... like known sites/servers/hosts-domains that serve up malicious scripts

    3.) Speeding up your FAVORITE SITES that hosts can speed up via hardcoded line item entries properly resolved by a reverse DNS ping

    4.) AdBlock works on Mozilla products (browser & email), hosts work on ANY webbound app AND are multiplatform.

    5.) AdBlock can't protect external to FireFox email programs, hosts can (think OUTLOOK, Eudora, & others)

    6.) AdBlock can't help you blow past DNSBL's (DNS block lists)

    7.) AdBlock can't help you avoid DNS request logs (hosts can via hardcoded favorites)

    8.) AdBlock can't protect you vs. TRACKERS (hosts can)

    9.) AdBlock can't protect you vs. DOWNED or "DNS-poisoned" redirected DNS servers (hosts can by hardcodes)

    10.) Hosts are EASIER to manage, they're just a text file (adblock means you had BEST know your javascript, perl, & python (iirc as to what languages are used to make it from source)).

    & more... as a tiny 'sampling' & proofs thereof!

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    Same with Ghostery:

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