• What will be the future of Advertisements on the Internet with AdBlock?
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We all know how annoying ads are on the websites we visit, from increasing the length of your penis to free virus scans, they easily annoy anyone trying to browse content that they want to see. Users are much used to the normal non-intrusive advertisements, and instinctively don't even bother looking or clicking near them. Websites have realised this, and that has lead to some incredibly tedious advertisements that try to grab your attention with sound, visuals, and other methods that are scientifically proven to make you more likely to look at the damn thing. As a result of the 100th porn ad popup and the 1000th meet local singles in your area, adblock was created. Over 40 million users have Adblock installed on their computer with the idea that they'll never get to see an embedded advertisement again That's the thing I'm pondering right now, what if everyone installed adblock? Is AdBlock really a good thing for everyone to have? I've always wanted to ask others for their input but I was never really inspired to write up a content filled thread. AdBlock and programs like it have been in the news a lot for obvious reasons. Website are not getting as much revenue anymore because a good amount of people have adblock or other programs like it installed. As a result, some website are installing "countermeasures" to adblock, like messages [URL="http://i.imgur.com/4u2E9I9.png"]pleaing for donations[/URL] or [URL="http://i.imgur.com/IAaDaV1.jpg"]telling the viewer to straight up kill themselves[/URL]. What if everyone had some form of AdBlocker? What will happen to the websites that survive on advertisements? Will Jimmy Wales haunt us in our sleep? Journalism sites have already found a solution to it, Native Advertising, we've all seen it. [img]http://i.imgur.com/4J7jGlO.png[/img] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_F5GxCwizc[/media] Plugging my john oliver boner in this thread because it's relevant in a sense that websites are getting crafty with ad placements. AdBlock doesn't block these advertisements because they're difficult to screen and/or they're considered un-intrusive. I'm worried that in the future that it will be near impossible to determine what's an ad and what isn't an ad. So what do you guys think about AdBlock and it's future on the internet?
Websites were fine until they got greedy with their advertising power. 30 second unskippable ads and popup ads? Freakin ridiculous. I think websites would resort to countering adblock like some webplayers do, or turning to donations/merchandise.
The two reasons I use adblock are malware, and ads that have audio. If its before a video though I don't really care if it has audio because I'm expecting sound. Just not those bloody you rolled over this ad time to play a 30 second video out of nowhere. Close it and nope audio is still going.
using adblock for malware? you have to be a pretty large idiot to click on ads that lead to malware and then allowing your computer to be installed with malware. just saying. your computer won't install malware unless you tell it to.
[QUOTE=zackh;47586351]using adblock for malware? you have to be a pretty large idiot to click on ads that lead to malware and then allowing your computer to be installed with malware. just saying. your computer won't install malware unless you tell it to.[/QUOTE] Not the case anymore. A lot of ads run scripts on the page and that's often enough to compromise your machine. Its much less likely if you disable scripts by default, but its not impossible.
Advertisers will hopefully with time get their heads out of their asses and/or get sued by websites for displaying bullshit stuff, which is why most bother with AdBlock in the first place.
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Adblock has a whitelist of non-intrusive ads to support websites. Dunno how I feel about a random developer having power over who does or doesn't make money, but it's a step in the right direction.
I don't think they'll die. Most mobile websites have ads, they're usually non-intrusive, non-malicious, and quick.
[QUOTE=Demache;47587435]Not the case anymore. A lot of ads run scripts on the page and that's often enough to compromise your machine. Its much less likely if you disable scripts by default, but its not impossible.[/QUOTE] I'm just saying that it's never happened to me "automatically" using stock Google Chrome / Firefox
Its simple capitalism. They need to find a way to advertise without pissing people off with stupid advertisements that aren't relevant to what they want or need. And even then people still don't like it because your computer is basically spying on you and selling your info to advertising agencies to make a form fitting advertisement tailored to your likes.
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