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AdBlock Plus Defends Ad Blocking, Applauds Marco Arment
Mark Wilson writes: Ad blockers have been much talked about since Apple opened up support for them in iOS 9. The now infamous Peace shot to the top of the download charts before it was pulled by its creator. Now AdBlock Plus has come out in support of Marco Arment, who developed something of a guilty conscience after his ad blocking creation proved so popular. Ben Williams from AdBlock Plus says "I really applaud this guy," going on to suggest that whitelisting and the Acceptable Ads feature of AdBlock Plus epitomize the "more nuanced, complex approach" Arment called for. The ad blocking software I'd like to see would detect and zap into a heap of ash those unrelated-photo clickbait ads; I'd rather suffer through some honest banner ads anytime.
How quickly things change - a comment from Ghostery's add-in page. No Longer Blocks Facebook, Twitter and Othe Trackers Rated 2 out of 5 stars by marty on September 19, 2015 permalink translate Warning - Once a well functioning ad-in, several weeks ago it stopped preventing Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google Plus and other wide ranging trackers. All their icons and functionality are now visible on lots of sites, even Ghostery's site. I've reported this several times, yet there has been only one response with no status or progress. I would caution users about this now. This is happening on Windows & Android machines running Firefox.
May the lies we live by make us strong, healthy, happy and wise - Kurt Vonnegut.
The problem is that having shit available for others on the internet costs money. Your options are a pay-wall or ads.
You can get mad about it all you want, but shit isn't free.
If you can't get that fact into your brain somehow, then there wasn't any space to be rented out in the first place.
The problem is that having shit available for others on the internet costs money. Your options are a pay-wall or ads.
NO, there are other alternatives
you can sell stuff from your web site
you can host your own ads that won't be blocked
if you have a brick and mortar presence then the website will direct customers to your store
you can do it out of the kindness of your heart (if you have the money)
you can ask for donations from your dedicated fans
I'm sure there are many more ways to have a web site pay for itself.
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