Do you use adblock? Why? Why not?
Do you use adblock? Why? Why not?
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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I own my computer, and I control what is displayed on it. I can do anything I want to control what is and isn't on my screen. It is not my problem if the majority of content is reliant on an ineffective monetization method.
I do wish someone would make an ad block that faked impressions. But it would probably lose the advantages of fast load times, security etc.
This plugin supposedly kind of does that. I remember a few years ago Google removed it from the Chrome store, which I took as a good sign.
I never gave it a go though so I don't know how well it works nor if it's maintained; not only am I a bit too lazy to try to do some of that research myself, I also don't browse that many different websites to consider I could have relevant data.
I stopped using Ad Nauseum because it can only update after uBlock Origin is updated, but it fakes clicks. Not sure if it's actually effectice, but the express purpose is moreso to throw off targeted advertising iirc.
There definitely is/was an adblocker that clicks on ads but doesn't show them. Don't make me look it up, I don't care enough ;)
I guess I haven't looked in a while, but I see this which like very interesting!
That was it :)
Faking impression is extremely hard to do, there are billion dollar companies out there that exist literally to stop ad fraud as their primary purpose.