AdBlock Plus Updates Acceptable Ads Policy

AmiMoJo writes: By default the popular AdBlock Plus plug-in allows some "acceptable" ads to be displayed. A blog post announcing updates to policy describes the goals of the update: easier to understand, more robust and more explicit about what is and isn't acceptable. The new criteria are listed on another page, and the option to disable acceptable ads remains.

Comments

Re:Ads are not acceptable.

[Kjella]

Where is this "good content"? I can't find it and, frankly speaking, would have no problem if all ad-sponsored business would disappear from the web tomorrow, including this site.

You're lying to yourself. Why would you visit an ad-sponsored site if you didn't want their content? If you don't want it, don't go there and you'll never see any ads. Ad blockers exist for one reason, people want the content but not the ads. You want the product, but not paying for it. You're just mentally devaluing it to say it wasn't good enough to be worth paying for, thus they didn't lose anything when you took it for free. It's a perfect rationalization of ad blocking and piracy for cheapskates and the poor, because you wouldn't/couldn't pay for anything it's okay if you download everything. I'm not applying for sainthood either, but if we want to have an intellectual discussion let's at least be honest about it.

Re: Ads are not acceptable.

[Anonymous Coward]

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