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5/25/12 at 2:04am
If everyone in the world used Adblock there would be no Internet tomorrow, people don't work for free, they need a source of revenue coming from somewhere. If you don't like the way a site manages its ads don't visit it, you're not entitled to read/watch the content of said website without giving something else in return.
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post #22 of 162
5/25/12 at 2:22am
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If everyone in the world used Adblock there would be no Internet tomorrow, people don't work for free, they need a source of revenue coming from somewhere. If you don't like the way a site manages its ads don't visit it, you're not entitled to read/watch the content of said website without giving something else in return.
Umm... lol. You must be new to the internet. I know plenty of places that run at a loss/without ads simply because people enjoy doing it (working for free). My site (temporarily dead lol) I have and probably always will run at a loss.
Edited by BlackVenom - 5/25/12 at 2:24am
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5/25/12 at 2:33am
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Umm... lol. You must be new to the internet. I know plenty of places that run at a loss/without ads simply because people enjoy doing it (working for free). My site (temporarily dead lol) I have and probably always will run at a loss.

There will always be some content yes, but the Internet as we know it would simply cease to exist. OCN wouldn't exist without ads, all our favorite hardware reviewers would also cease to exist. Only some amateur websites would continue to exist.
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5/25/12 at 2:43am
And the world would be good again.
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post #25 of 162
5/25/12 at 3:02am
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How do I even click and Ad if THERE IS NO AD?
-adblock plus

Yep, this...
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5/25/12 at 3:02am
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And the world would be good again.

Yeah i'm sure the end of ads would mean the end for all the evil corporations in an instant.
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post #27 of 162
5/25/12 at 3:07am
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I always get frustrated with people that use Adblock and such. Ads, when done right, are not that intrusive and they give us some amazing services for free. Facebook, YouTube, Google, etc. would not be free without ad support, so blocking their ads is a bit lame in my opinion.
That being said, telling people to click your ads is stupid. If nobody is clicking your ads, there are things you can do to increase clicks other than begging.

Ill stop using adblock when the internet stops using annoying popups, massive ads, ads with annoying sound bites, ads with sound clips that randomly start playing in the middle of a movie im trying to watch... etc...
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5/25/12 at 3:20am
And what to think of those huge slide-over adds that ignore website frames and obscure parts completely. But! They do provide a "close" button in the add. People franticly click it.. only to be taken to the actual product/service instead of removing the obnoxious slab of pixels from the screen.. Oh! So unobtrusive..

It's this crap that made me block any and all ads on any website. Even on OCN. Sorry guys frown.gif
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post #29 of 162
5/25/12 at 3:24am
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I always get frustrated with people that use Adblock and such. Ads, when done right, are not that intrusive and they give us some amazing services for free. Facebook, YouTube, Google, etc. would not be free without ad support, so blocking their ads is a bit lame in my opinion.
That being said, telling people to click your ads is stupid. If nobody is clicking your ads, there are things you can do to increase clicks other than begging.

Indeed they are; and for such sites I disable adblock, however for the masses of web sites that have ads that are obnoxious and annoying I run it on by default and only turn it off if I really want to bother checking. The element hiding helper is really useful too, when a site has some "related news" thing covering the actual meat and potatoes of a slide show for example. (This site had that problem last night! No problem, just go into 3D mode for element inspecting and block that box)
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To be fair, Adblock Plus actually has a bult-in feature (enabled by default) to automatically allow 'unobtrusive advertising', and it also allows you to use a whitelist to unblock adds, or not use a pre-made blacklist and simply build up your own of adds you find annoying - so I think it pretty much follows your idea. The problem is, most ads are not done right.

It's even enabled by default I think.
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If everyone in the world used Adblock there would be no Internet tomorrow, people don't work for free, they need a source of revenue coming from somewhere. If you don't like the way a site manages its ads don't visit it, you're not entitled to read/watch the content of said website without giving something else in return.

Exactly! No-one does anything for free, everyone expects some sort of payment! Even with gnu project! rolleyes.gif

And if everyone ran adblock, advertisers would soon realise we don't want their damn flash ads with sounds that make the webpage take longer to load or popups/unders and are just fine with a still image or text, and people would allow the unobtrusive ads through.
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5/25/12 at 3:37am
And if Facebook died tomorrow, the Earth would continue spinning. No harm done.
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