Adblockers

DannyDrama · 13 Apr 2014 at 22:29

This could have gone into the Internet forum but it will get more discussion here (maybe, and some of it might even be serious).

Talking to a friend, I have just realised that some people consider the use of adblockers etc. to be somehow wrong or immoral. I have never heard that viewpoint outside of people who obviously make ad money, so what gives? Surely people don't exist that LIKE being bombarded? :confused:

He says we shouldn't be taking away revenue, I'm saying they shouldn't be taking my time, bandwidth or attention. Maybe this isn't a new argument to the web but it's new to me and I don't really know how to argue my point.

My end goal is simply to watch BF4 game plays without watching an ad for fanny cream or whatever unrelated crap they want to shove at me. :rolleyes:

DannyDrama · 13 Apr 2014 at 22:38

MatsyLR said:
Just so you know, without the ad's there would be no youtube videos.
It's how they get paid to make the content....

I know that, but has the content improved so much as to justify the stupid amount of ads on youtube?

DannyDrama · 13 Apr 2014 at 22:41

Yeah it's not just youtube, it's the internet lol.

When I got my new laptop I was amazed just how bad it had got. I never noticed because I'd never used a browser with no adblocker so turning it on out of the box was a slap. Never again!

DannyDrama · 13 Apr 2014 at 22:47

Monkeynut said:
To be fair, YouTube before Google was haemmoraghing (sp?) money.

That doesn't surprise me, I don't remember paying that much attention to the internet back in those days so I wouldn't know. Granted, Google took it to a new level, but ruined it with 'features' like DASH.

Edit: And like twist3don3 says, there are more than enough 'stupid people' that don't use an adblocker for google/channels to get paid. If a kid can make 5x what I do playing a game then it's a good gig, adblocking isn't hurting anyone just yet.

DannyDrama · 13 Apr 2014 at 23:01

jon86 said:
I always use adblock software on my laptop, but don't run it on my mobile. I just try and be much more selective of the sites and apps that I use. I haven't felt the need to root it to install a mobile adblocker yet. Thankfully, YouTube ads on the mobile apps aren't too annoying (yet).

I've rooted and done that just because on the rare occasion you do get an ad on a mobile browser it quite often leaves the website completely unusable. Nothing more annoying than an ad that follows your scrolling. :mad:

DannyDrama · 14 Apr 2014 at 08:29

Yeah, I've never trusted the content of ads on random websites. Clicking on random links is a no-no, I'm not going to do it just because look, free viagra!

And that's exactly how I see it, Freefaller. Although hats off to whoever figured out how to make money by making people with no vagina watch adverts about sanitary towels. Mans a genius, albeit an evil one.

DannyDrama · 14 Apr 2014 at 10:17

EVH said:
AVForums?

They don't restrict access if you have an adblocker. Not for me on safari at least.

DannyDrama · 14 Apr 2014 at 11:50

marc2003 said:
adblock plus is now more important than ever for me. i'm stuck using a 3G dongle which is ridiculously expensive. i don't want to waste a single byte on poxy ads.

I remember using one of those when the house was flooded. Bad speeds and even worse prices are the memories I have from that period. Feel for ya, bro.

DannyDrama · 14 Apr 2014 at 12:14

CREATIVE!11 said:
With youtube it directly supports people who make the content, we all don't like ads but that is just the fact of life. Ad money supports people who make the videos that you watch and enjoy.

This is what people get at when they say adblocker is wrong, it essentially is on youtube tbh because you directly take money out of content creators pockets cause you cba to watch a 30 second Ad whilst they spend painstaking hours editing gathering content and creating the videos.

They spent painstaking hours editing and getting content BEFORE ad revenue came along. There were just fewer of them because there was nothing in it other than enjoyment and community.

DannyDrama · 14 Apr 2014 at 13:00

Woden said:
I use Adblock but I only mind obtrusive adverts. If your advert is just chilling on the side of the page silently, then cool, I shall leave it there. If your advert covers half the page and follows when I scroll, or pops up over the video, or makes noises, I am gonna block that sited adverts.

I don't mind donating to sites I use often for their free content/service. I have reddit gold for example.

Don't blockers just try to block ALL ads though? I know you can pick and choose but 'out the box' you don't see many ads do you? :confused:

I know I have never removed anything from being blocked.

DannyDrama · 14 Apr 2014 at 14:52

Thinking about it, the biggest problem with youtube ads is when you get into the random 30-40 second videos. I absolutely will not watch 60 seconds of advert when the video I want to watch is less than half a second.

I can also think of at least one channel who gets paid a stupid amount and he still uploads videos from the same crappy looking, sub-HD hardware that he always has. That's the kind of channel I unsub pretty quick.

DannyDrama · 15 Apr 2014 at 09:34

sports_brah said:
From your sand in vagina moaning, I'd say their targeted advert was spot on.

Scary how good Google is getting isn't it!

P.s for the record I use Adblock + Ghostery.

I wasn't moaning so much as pointing out that 'targeted ads' still need a bit of work. It shows how much effort they put in to making ads relevant vs making ads profitable.