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Do you use adblock? Why? Why not? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by tsukii@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I posted this question because I once saw a tweet that said something like:

"If you use adblock, you don't care about creator's point blank"

What is your opinion on this? Do you agree with them?

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[–] TiffyBelle@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Anyone who was around from the beginnings of the Internet will remember the evolution of ads from basic hyperlinks, to static images, to the period when ad companies realized they could abuse Adobe Flash to serve up the most obnoxious ads possible to try and grab peoples' attention, while at the same time in some cases attempting to exploit peoples' browsers to be even more obnoxious, run arbitrary code, or track users aggressively.

No one should feel bad about blocking ads. The people pushing them brought it upon themselves by ramping the annoyance factor up and up and up. Back in the day between the endless pop-ups and Flash ads, the web was barely usable without a good adblocker.

Ads continue to be intrusive to this day, with companies trying all kinds of weird and wonderful ways of tracking you across the web to learn what sites you visit and what you search for. Blocking them is a necessity for anyone conscious of their privacy and security online.

[–] Swiggles@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 year ago

For the same reason popup blockers became a thing. Who doesn't remember the hundreds of windows that would open. Thousands of dialog boxes which would prevent you from closing the windows and so on.

I have zero sympathy for ads. They messed up bad and there is no way to recover or regain any trust.