No.
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@Infrogmation Often the ad links are how the people who made the content you're looking at get paid. Knock yourself out when it's giant media conglomerates, but smaller content creators are a different story.
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@Infrogmation No. And if I'm really required to view the site, the nag popup gets nuked too.
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@Infrogmation We hate ads! We hate paywalls! Hey, why have so many journalists lost their jobs? Why is there only cheap AI slop left?
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@Infrogmation I don't know how anyone surfs the web anymore without an ad blocker. Its lunacy out there. H NO!
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@Infrogmation I don't care if the content creators are "small". I block (therefore I am).
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@Infrogmation my website: "oh no, it looks like you don't have an ad blocker installed! you better go fix that, please! I can wait, go do it now"
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@Infrogmation No.
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@Infrogmation kthxbai
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Worst part? They could totally show ads without trackers through their own servers and my tracker blocker (I don't run a fucking ad blocker) can't stop them.
Hell, I'd even be good with that. Show me the damn ads.
They. Just. Won't.
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@Infrogmation It's an instant back button for me.
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@Infrogmation websites that do that instantly become entirely optional to me tbh. I could probably hack my way there by having javascript disabled and/or deleting the right elements, but frankly there are enough other things to do in the world and in the end 99% of the internet is optional, and it deserves to feel optional when it does this
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Yeah at that point I'm just gonna leave.
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I'll never disable my ad-blocker! No web site has unique enough information that cannot be found else where with some effort. -
It's amazing these businesses really don't understand I'd rather not look at their site than disable my ad blocker.
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If a web site tells me to disable my ad blocker, I might look for a cached copy at archive.ph . If I find one, I might share the link to the archived copy, to save others the hassle of seeking it.
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@Infrogmation /me *disables javascript instead*
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@Infrogmation Yeah... I just won't view the site, thanks.
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@Infrogmation I might allow ads to read the article, but then turn the blocker back on as I leave. I DON'T WANT ADS