Adblockers

I am bored but here goes... non ad-blocked on the left versus blocked on the right.

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I never used to use adblocker as it was never an issue to see the odd advert. I started about a year ago because most sites started taking the pee. If websites were not so greedy I wouldn't block all ads.
 
DannyDrama said:
This could have gone into the Internet forum but it will get more discussion here (maybe, and some of it might even be serious). :D

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

Scary how good Google is getting isn't it! :eek:

:p


P.s for the record I use Adblock + Ghostery.
 
I don't mind static ads. But if an ad fills the screen I will likely just hit the back button. Literally i just think it's gonna be a **** site so don't go further

YouTube is annoying when you have to watch X seconds and intrusive ads actually make me less likely to buy as I have a negative view

But for sure everyone can't use ad blockers so I generally don't advise people to use them
 
I use Adblock on every site i go on except Youtube.

I watch a lot of content on there and majority of people I watch content from have it as their source of income, if myself watching a 20sec ad for 30mins of video helps the user to create more content I enjoy for free then thats fine.

Think how long you watch TV shows and how many ad's are displayed on that! Plus you pay for licence fee on top. IIRC The walking dead is "1hour" long show, around 15 mins is adverts (inc that dam joop ad) with 45 or less for the actual show. basically 25% of an hour long show is for adverts.

so the 30 sec for a youtube video seems quite good in comparison (most vids I watch are 20-30mins) especially when you can skip in 5sec.
 
Something Else said:
I use Adblock on every site i go on except Youtube.

I watch a lot of content on there and majority of people I watch content from have it as their source of income, if myself watching a 20sec ad for 30mins of video helps the user to create more content I enjoy for free then thats fine.

Think how long you watch TV shows and how many ad's are displayed on that! Plus you pay for licence fee on top. IIRC The walking dead is "1hour" long show, around 15 mins is adverts (inc that dam joop ad) with 45 or less for the actual show. basically 25% of an hour long show is for adverts.

so the 30 sec for a youtube video seems quite good in comparison (most vids I watch are 20-30mins) especially when you can skip in 5sec.
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I guess some of us value our time more than you ;)
 
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! :eek:

:p


P.s for the record I use Adblock + Ghostery.
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:D 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.
 
Confused said:
If there was a way to keep ads disabled in general, but enable them based on specific circumstances, such as a select number of YouTube channels or Twitch streams, then I would be happy to have the odd ad to support my favourites (as there is a bit of revenue for an ad view)

However - as there is not an option to do that (as far as I'm aware) - then they're staying blocked for everything.
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To quote myself, and add a bit more information... :)

To whitelist a specific Twitch channel, add the following filter to AdBlock:

Code: 
@@||twitch.tv/*CHANNELNAME$document


To whitelist a specific YouTube channel/user, first add the following to GreaseMonkey (Firefox) or TamperMonkey (Chrome) - this will add the channel name to the URL

Code: 
// ==UserScript==
// @name        Expose Youtube Uploader Name in URL
// @namespace   schippi
// @description Used to expose a Youtube uploaders displayname in the URL
// @include     http://www.youtube.com/watch*
// @include     https://www.youtube.com/watch*
// @version     1.2
// @grant       none
// ==/UserScript==

// Credits go to Schippi and Dubious for doing the base work which I've modified here.

var url = window.location.href;
if ( url.search( "channel=" ) == -1 )
{
    if ( document.getElementById( "watch7-user-header" ) != null )
    {
        var channelNameContainer = document.getElementsByClassName("yt-user-name")[0];
        //var channelName = channelNameContainer.innerHTML;
        //The above 'channelName' is not used below. Could be an option instead of 'channelURL', but often contain spaces, and might not be unique.
        
        var channelURL = channelNameContainer.getAttribute("href");
        channelURL = channelURL.replace( '/user/', '' );
        
        //window.location.href = url + "&channel=" + channelName; //alterative for name insertion rather than channel-url.
        window.location.href = url + "&channel=" + channelURL;
    }
}

Then, add the following as an AdBlock filter, one for each channel:

Code: 
@@||youtube.com/*channel=CHANNELNAME$document


And now you have ads disabled in general, but allowed on the specific YouTube/Twitch channels you want
 
"Allow some non-intrusive advertising" - That's the only option I use with AdBlock Plus. I don't care to see other ads that are more annoying and ruin the content layout of websites because they take up so much space.

Make ad panels non intrusive by default and we would never need ad blockers. Their own fault.
 
I turn my adblock off for twitch, for the streamers I only enjoy, from what i've seen newer streamers that are partnered seem to abuse the show ad button a bit, like an ad every 10-20mins, which is very annoying.
 
I use adblockers on youtube because they won't allow monetization in my country yet the idea they can still sell views is something I disagree with - I'll remove them on channels I subscribe to though, for the individuals sake.
If they decide to change that in how ever many years that might take them to realise we exist on the planet, yeah - I'll change my mind.
 
For me, everything is blocked. On my phone I have Adaway. I don't want to see ads anywhere when I'm browsing. If a site has that annoying overlay and won't let me proceed unless I disable the adblocker, I won't use it. I don't, or ever will, feel guilty about using adblockers.

It's amazing how different the web looks when you have been using an adblocker and see it in action without one.
 
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