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forgotmypassw · 2015-07-30 13:52:30+00:00

I wouldn't call ad blocking feature "revolutionary", but whatever.

dghughes | karma 5153 | avg karma 1.91 · | 2016-05-03 20:28:16+00:00

I prefer "Sorta Ad-Block, Kinda".

newnewpdro | karma 1778 | avg karma 0.83 · | 2019-09-26 18:25:07+00:00

No different from Google blocking "spam" while simultaneously targeting and delivering ads...

akira2501 | karma 10559 | avg karma 3.02 · | 2024-06-25 22:03:34

"No sir, we have absolutely no idea why anyone would ever use an ad blocker."

bobblywobbles | karma 790 | avg karma 1.8 · | 2019-01-23 18:50:44

It's simply another way to block ads. Not better nor worse. A mental and technical exercise that's all.

ifqwz | karma 83 | avg karma 2.37 · | 2022-10-15 10:52:11

It's the future (or perhaps the present) for those who don't install ad blockers.

jstarfish | karma 5456 | avg karma 2.19 · | 2023-03-20 12:03:18

Ad blockers weren't always ubiquitous.

monochromatic | karma 5683 | avg karma 2.63 · | 2015-09-07 12:23:49

A nice defense of a shady and failing business model. Ad blockers have worked just fine for a long time, and they're about to get a lot more widespread.

xigoi | karma 2476 | avg karma 1.22 · | 2022-02-21 01:03:06

That sounds like it's going to be slower than not using an ad blocker at all.

rdiddly | karma 7390 | avg karma 2.91 · | 2017-06-20 05:36:49+00:00

"We noticed you're using an ad blocker..."

Ameo | karma 1441 | avg karma 11.08 · | 2016-05-04 06:44:47

I'm usually quite against ad-blockers, but this kind of thing could be a step in the right direction.

a2577007 | karma 2 | avg karma 2.0 · | 2014-09-09 11:38:34+00:00

Apparently "adblocking" is now a word.

sizzle | karma 12406 | avg karma 2.93 · | 2018-10-15 17:29:42

I'll stick with my ad blocker if that's their logic.

gumby | karma 61183 | avg karma 3.86 · | 2019-08-13 23:46:49+00:00

That's the argument against ad blockers, and they seem reasonably popular, and accepted.

kroltan | karma 1919 | avg karma 2.63 · | 2021-05-05 14:00:09

Popup blocking is basically standard and expected, don't see why ad blocking couldn't become so too.

matheusmoreira | karma 22085 | avg karma 2.63 · | 2022-11-15 22:34:28

Can't wait for the day someone invents a video ad blocker. Let's see if this guy will "get used" to that.

wdr1 | karma 1973 | avg karma 2.55 · | 2017-09-18 03:36:17+00:00

It seems equivalent to ad blocking.

josephcsible | karma 22500 | avg karma 3.06 · | 2023-07-17 14:44:41

In general, if you're proud of being "ad blocker-proof", you're probably the villain.

6d6b73 | karma 611 | avg karma 1.13 · | 2018-02-13 11:24:40

Probably 90% of users don't have any idea what an ad blocker is..

BillinghamJ | karma 2462 | avg karma 2.66 · | 2015-07-24 08:49:54+00:00

Not necessarily. But ultimately right now the level of mobile ad blocking is very low. This will make a real difference to that - regardless as to whether it's new or innovative.