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duumed
"ad-light" not even fucking ad-FREE
TimmyTimm
Yohoo mail is unusable without an adblocker
Velexis
"ad-light access".. So even if I pay you, I'm not getting an ad-free experience? Fuck off.
WhyleKat
Ad-light acces.. What a crock
SeanBeanDiesAlot
I really have only 2 requirements for me to not use ad-blocker. 1) No pop ups 2) don't auto run videos. It's really just being considerate.
Vertisce
Websites abuse advertisements on their sites and often contain malware. My adblocker will remain on and they just won't get a page hit.
FungusForge
"ad-light" how about go fuck yourself BI?
WellBehavedZombie
It's not even ad free after you pay... What a horrible business model.
Thelonebarbarian
Really gives into the "business " insider
myaszcrak
TIL today, don't go to Business Insider
rabbiebabbie
Today I learned today hehe
aloha611
Notice how instead of "ad-free" youre paying for "ad-light". Nope.
dentpuzz
Non intrusive ads, I can handle. Popups, nope. Clickbait? Not a chance.
danzios
Agree.
PleaseRespectMyAsshole
I had this on a Forbes website so I turned off ad-blocker, went to the site, and turned it back on. It blocked over 1,300 ads!
Idrinkforevil
@op Couldnt agree more. Ad like this? Sorry I dont need to read your article.
Ghauf
Guarantee me that I won't get a virus from one of your ads, and I still won't disable it, because
Drakitomon
Me too friend. Me too.
Cleverusernameyouwishyouthoughtupfirst
How do websites that profit sorely on AdSense and stuff continue?
Ttarler
I disable ad-blocker on some of my favorite sites. But here's the thing: they never ask me to do so.
Glasgow351
I hate it when I'm doing whatever on my phone and a full page ad pops in out of nowhere. Adblocker isn't helping with that.
oobeedoobenubi
They managed to make pop ups worse than when they were in the early 2000s. Now it just scrolls up with your article.
Yep. Ads are getting obnoxious with their presentation.
fairybug
I will literally never go to a site again if they do this. Either make ads less intrusive or more tolerable. Don't put your failure on me.
Hw would you know if they changed their ads to be less intrusive if you block them? I feel like that's just an out people use
Well, popups like the one OP posted are one indicator. (Though you do make a good point.)
EruditeAF
Yeah, cause really the only thing that stops me from clicking an ad is the fact that I rendered it invisible.
CreepyPhlox
These news sites act like there's not a million other sites that have the exact same stories for free.
AnAsOfYetUnidentifiedIndividual
That's the whole problem
quickhand
But those sites are just cribbing off the news orgs who actually spend the money to do the hard work of reporting.
reinder
They offer a service, and ask to be paid in one of two ways. Seems fair to me, though I'd only consider it if it were ad-free not ad-light.
Just, dont allow those damn ijvasive-viruses-all noise adds and we're done, you know everyone can handle a couple of adds if they are small
I would prefer that too, yes, wouldn't even use adblock in that case. And don't make em flash on and off or audible either and we're done.
lubu222
So they are asking you to PAY for ads, when you obviously went through the trouble of trying to block them?
ElioNope
They're asking you to explore an alternative revenue stream to pay for their time and servers.
DrSparken
Paying means no ads. Even $1/mo is way more than they'd get from your ad revenue. If there's still going to be ads, they can get fucked.
I may be misintepreting ad-light as ad-free. If they're doing ads still then yeah, fuck them.
hoboface
metalsucks.net's version
xUncreative
Jokes on them, I am a dick.
bobtheaxolotl
Right click, adblock element.
LaBix
The worst part about using my phone is it doesn't have adblock, I forget how terrible it is to browse with ads.
Really? Am I just blind or something I've never had any issue with ads popping up or anything. All I get are banner ads that I ignore
ryukodonteatthatlemon
Root it
mirdza
Use Brave Browser or Firefox with uBlock Origin.
DonnaNobleInTheLibrary
That's why I'm using Opera Mini instead of Chrome, because it comes with a built-in adblocker.
novianc
Or do what I did. Requires some knowledge but used a vpn to force traffic through it which causes it to use a adblocking DNS server.
DoseOfScience
There's an easy way around every ad blocker that most people don't mind: upload a still unclickable image in the background.
baboosa
Upload where???
Same server as the site itself. I shouldn't have to allow twenty different domains access to my system.
simonhardingholt
.
HaberdasherInGold
Which is great because a still image doesn't scream at me or lock up my browser while it loads.
Nightcaste
I'm not sure I understand the process. I'm seriously curious, can you elaborate?
Essentially, instead of using an external host, the advertiser sends a plain image that the site then uses as back ground or something. 1
Because the info doesn't come from an external host or have any code, adblockers won't spot it, and it's easy to ignore so nobody will work2
super hard to figure out how to spot it. It'd have the same level of penetration as oldschool ads that don't track you.
Frankiejoneston
Probably not as appealing to the advertisers though. Not being able to click it means people need to manually enter info
mockzaylin
i would totally not use adblocker if sites didnt run ads every 15 secs and at 300% volume
Gorzine
By "sites" you mean "porn sites"? Well volume may be an issue here...
PlainviewUVGF
Some sites do that. Overwhelmingly, most sites don't.
phe0n1x
I don't trust the JS behind them to not include malicious code.
Sipulikeitto
What ads? :trollface:
Fenderzilla
Hold on, 300% of what?
kraken003
I mean, it's fair right? they have to pay journalists, writers editors , it's, pay a buck or ads, stuff ain't free... 90s kid here
Agreed. I don't bother with adblock it costs me nothing to see ads but boosts their revenue
IFuckingLoveGoldenRetrievers
The problem is they choose intrusive ads. Ones that cover the whole article, or make them split the article over 3 pages. Fuck that.
actualseal
Its always the rotten apples. Toxic ads are just not worth the risk.
modalnode
yep, I don't mind static adverts, but autoplay ads / ads with sound - i'm outta there. Too intrusive.
JagdPanzer38T
not to mention malicious ads designed to either scam people, or other nefarious things.
of course. and page redirects. AAAAAAAAAAARGHHHH
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SkeltonCensusOfficer
You must be real fun at parties.
we could. but the average american citizen can't do anything about it. so why do anything.
artydax
You can be angry about more than one thing though
aguacatedeldiablo
I haven't used an ad blocker for years, I finally installed one because ads kept on causing the whole browser to crash.
DaniaAudax
Or take up so much bandwidth that my computer slows down.
hitlerwasaniceguy
Same when watching on mobile, yes I'd like to watch this 30 sec ad in crisp 1080p, goodbye data
GormlessLiar
Just thinking about sites that has random videos starting by themselves pisses me off
Diomeneus
Imgur caused me to finally install one with their harmful redirect ads. Tore me up as my only options were quit or get adblocker. (ublock)
niantic
1/2 The ONLY site I've gotten intrusive and hijacker ads is imgur and admins deleted the only post I've seen address this problem
it was deleted with 800+ upvotes while in rising lol https://imgur.com/YpaQNEm
it had a bunch of links to adblockers for every browser, which was probably why it was gonzos
BlackCatsAreMyJam
What is a good adblocker?
AngryRaven
ublock origin is a good one.
Icedpryo
Same for youtube. I would watch the 5 seconds if it wasnt 10x louder than the video im watching
uncontroversialstatement
YouTube red. Free with Google Music. Love it.
ConfidentlyNaked
Ditto $15 for me and all my friends (6 people)
ElMoosen
I was watching a relaxing sounds video last night and the ad literally screamed at me. Like a woman shrieking. Wtf
OriginaIPoster
Or insist it runs at 4k resolution and thus buffer all the time
shhep
I just do. Same on twitch. Doesn't matter, I want my content creators to earn money. I can handle one or two ads, big whoop.
snowfork
Significantly louder AND high resolution then the video fails to load anyway.
TheBorzoi
I don't like that YouTube are forcing non-skip 2 minute adverts now.
IProvideFakeContext
At least whitelist the people you avidly follow so that they get some form of compensation.
i patreon the few creators i follow closely
TheRealFireFrenzy
Which would make sense if youtube wasnt flagging anythign and everything as "not suitable for advertisers" and not paying them
Oh yeah, I forgot they did that.
originalBabewiththePower
Or an ad every 5 minutes on a compilation video an hour long.
Cerinna
And if it wasn't more like 30 seconds on most videos.
Reviire
Except they're 30 seconds and absolutely irrelevant to what I care about. I even tried changing the ad stuff to things i want to see
Sheepyhead
5 seconds? Try at least 30 seconds, unless you want to manually skip it, completely negating the point of autoplay playlists.
I've blocked ads on youtube ever since I kept getting the same 6-minute long ad about hair loss
Istealfromthefrontpage
Lol sorry for your loss... Of hair. They really target ur Google searches hard. Net even 10 min after googling Gunner glasses was all 1/
The odd thing is I have a solid mane of luscious curls, I think it was just the only Danish ad I was getting
The YouTube ads for them.
Honestly, most reputable sites I visit have decent ads so I'm fine with it. But if I decide to visit Polish internet... it's hilarious
Hah what did one polack say to the other? I don't know because I can't understand polish. Lol classic pols
a flash ad that takes up ENTIRE screen, rolls from the side and covers entire screen. And since, y'know it's a huge moving, animated banner,
it's got like 2fps, is stuttering and like WHY THE FUCK would anyone do that.
duumed
"ad-light" not even fucking ad-FREE
TimmyTimm
Yohoo mail is unusable without an adblocker
Velexis
"ad-light access".. So even if I pay you, I'm not getting an ad-free experience? Fuck off.
WhyleKat
Ad-light acces.. What a crock
SeanBeanDiesAlot
I really have only 2 requirements for me to not use ad-blocker. 1) No pop ups 2) don't auto run videos. It's really just being considerate.
Vertisce
Websites abuse advertisements on their sites and often contain malware. My adblocker will remain on and they just won't get a page hit.
FungusForge
"ad-light" how about go fuck yourself BI?
WellBehavedZombie
It's not even ad free after you pay... What a horrible business model.
Thelonebarbarian
Really gives into the "business " insider
myaszcrak
TIL today, don't go to Business Insider
rabbiebabbie
Today I learned today hehe
aloha611
Notice how instead of "ad-free" youre paying for "ad-light". Nope.
dentpuzz
Non intrusive ads, I can handle. Popups, nope. Clickbait? Not a chance.
danzios
Agree.
PleaseRespectMyAsshole
I had this on a Forbes website so I turned off ad-blocker, went to the site, and turned it back on. It blocked over 1,300 ads!
Idrinkforevil
@op Couldnt agree more. Ad like this? Sorry I dont need to read your article.
Ghauf
Guarantee me that I won't get a virus from one of your ads, and I still won't disable it, because
Drakitomon
Me too friend. Me too.
Cleverusernameyouwishyouthoughtupfirst
How do websites that profit sorely on AdSense and stuff continue?
Ttarler
I disable ad-blocker on some of my favorite sites. But here's the thing: they never ask me to do so.
Glasgow351
I hate it when I'm doing whatever on my phone and a full page ad pops in out of nowhere. Adblocker isn't helping with that.
oobeedoobenubi
They managed to make pop ups worse than when they were in the early 2000s. Now it just scrolls up with your article.
Glasgow351
Yep. Ads are getting obnoxious with their presentation.
fairybug
I will literally never go to a site again if they do this. Either make ads less intrusive or more tolerable. Don't put your failure on me.
rabbiebabbie
Hw would you know if they changed their ads to be less intrusive if you block them? I feel like that's just an out people use
fairybug
Well, popups like the one OP posted are one indicator. (Though you do make a good point.)
EruditeAF
Yeah, cause really the only thing that stops me from clicking an ad is the fact that I rendered it invisible.
CreepyPhlox
These news sites act like there's not a million other sites that have the exact same stories for free.
AnAsOfYetUnidentifiedIndividual
That's the whole problem
quickhand
But those sites are just cribbing off the news orgs who actually spend the money to do the hard work of reporting.
reinder
They offer a service, and ask to be paid in one of two ways. Seems fair to me, though I'd only consider it if it were ad-free not ad-light.
danzios
Just, dont allow those damn ijvasive-viruses-all noise adds and we're done, you know everyone can handle a couple of adds if they are small
reinder
I would prefer that too, yes, wouldn't even use adblock in that case. And don't make em flash on and off or audible either and we're done.
lubu222
So they are asking you to PAY for ads, when you obviously went through the trouble of trying to block them?
ElioNope
They're asking you to explore an alternative revenue stream to pay for their time and servers.
DrSparken
Paying means no ads. Even $1/mo is way more than they'd get from your ad revenue. If there's still going to be ads, they can get fucked.
ElioNope
I may be misintepreting ad-light as ad-free. If they're doing ads still then yeah, fuck them.
hoboface
metalsucks.net's version
xUncreative
Jokes on them, I am a dick.
bobtheaxolotl
Right click, adblock element.
LaBix
The worst part about using my phone is it doesn't have adblock, I forget how terrible it is to browse with ads.
rabbiebabbie
Really? Am I just blind or something I've never had any issue with ads popping up or anything. All I get are banner ads that I ignore
ryukodonteatthatlemon
Root it
mirdza
Use Brave Browser or Firefox with uBlock Origin.
DonnaNobleInTheLibrary
That's why I'm using Opera Mini instead of Chrome, because it comes with a built-in adblocker.
novianc
Or do what I did. Requires some knowledge but used a vpn to force traffic through it which causes it to use a adblocking DNS server.
DoseOfScience
There's an easy way around every ad blocker that most people don't mind: upload a still unclickable image in the background.
baboosa
Upload where???
DoseOfScience
Same server as the site itself. I shouldn't have to allow twenty different domains access to my system.
simonhardingholt
.
HaberdasherInGold
Which is great because a still image doesn't scream at me or lock up my browser while it loads.
Nightcaste
I'm not sure I understand the process. I'm seriously curious, can you elaborate?
DoseOfScience
Essentially, instead of using an external host, the advertiser sends a plain image that the site then uses as back ground or something. 1
DoseOfScience
Because the info doesn't come from an external host or have any code, adblockers won't spot it, and it's easy to ignore so nobody will work2
DoseOfScience
super hard to figure out how to spot it. It'd have the same level of penetration as oldschool ads that don't track you.
Frankiejoneston
Probably not as appealing to the advertisers though. Not being able to click it means people need to manually enter info
mockzaylin
i would totally not use adblocker if sites didnt run ads every 15 secs and at 300% volume
Gorzine
By "sites" you mean "porn sites"? Well volume may be an issue here...
PlainviewUVGF
Some sites do that. Overwhelmingly, most sites don't.
phe0n1x
I don't trust the JS behind them to not include malicious code.
Sipulikeitto
What ads? :trollface:
Fenderzilla
Hold on, 300% of what?
kraken003
I mean, it's fair right? they have to pay journalists, writers editors , it's, pay a buck or ads, stuff ain't free... 90s kid here
rabbiebabbie
Agreed. I don't bother with adblock it costs me nothing to see ads but boosts their revenue
IFuckingLoveGoldenRetrievers
The problem is they choose intrusive ads. Ones that cover the whole article, or make them split the article over 3 pages. Fuck that.
actualseal
Its always the rotten apples. Toxic ads are just not worth the risk.
modalnode
yep, I don't mind static adverts, but autoplay ads / ads with sound - i'm outta there. Too intrusive.
JagdPanzer38T
not to mention malicious ads designed to either scam people, or other nefarious things.
modalnode
of course. and page redirects. AAAAAAAAAAARGHHHH
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SkeltonCensusOfficer
You must be real fun at parties.
JagdPanzer38T
we could. but the average american citizen can't do anything about it. so why do anything.
artydax
You can be angry about more than one thing though
aguacatedeldiablo
I haven't used an ad blocker for years, I finally installed one because ads kept on causing the whole browser to crash.
DaniaAudax
Or take up so much bandwidth that my computer slows down.
hitlerwasaniceguy
Same when watching on mobile, yes I'd like to watch this 30 sec ad in crisp 1080p, goodbye data
GormlessLiar
Just thinking about sites that has random videos starting by themselves pisses me off
Diomeneus
Imgur caused me to finally install one with their harmful redirect ads. Tore me up as my only options were quit or get adblocker. (ublock)
niantic
1/2 The ONLY site I've gotten intrusive and hijacker ads is imgur and admins deleted the only post I've seen address this problem
niantic
it was deleted with 800+ upvotes while in rising lol https://imgur.com/YpaQNEm
niantic
it had a bunch of links to adblockers for every browser, which was probably why it was gonzos
BlackCatsAreMyJam
What is a good adblocker?
AngryRaven
ublock origin is a good one.
Icedpryo
Same for youtube. I would watch the 5 seconds if it wasnt 10x louder than the video im watching
uncontroversialstatement
YouTube red. Free with Google Music. Love it.
ConfidentlyNaked
Ditto $15 for me and all my friends (6 people)
ElMoosen
I was watching a relaxing sounds video last night and the ad literally screamed at me. Like a woman shrieking. Wtf
OriginaIPoster
Or insist it runs at 4k resolution and thus buffer all the time
shhep
I just do. Same on twitch. Doesn't matter, I want my content creators to earn money. I can handle one or two ads, big whoop.
snowfork
Significantly louder AND high resolution then the video fails to load anyway.
TheBorzoi
I don't like that YouTube are forcing non-skip 2 minute adverts now.
IProvideFakeContext
At least whitelist the people you avidly follow so that they get some form of compensation.
Icedpryo
i patreon the few creators i follow closely
TheRealFireFrenzy
Which would make sense if youtube wasnt flagging anythign and everything as "not suitable for advertisers" and not paying them
IProvideFakeContext
Oh yeah, I forgot they did that.
originalBabewiththePower
Or an ad every 5 minutes on a compilation video an hour long.
Cerinna
And if it wasn't more like 30 seconds on most videos.
Reviire
Except they're 30 seconds and absolutely irrelevant to what I care about. I even tried changing the ad stuff to things i want to see
Sheepyhead
5 seconds? Try at least 30 seconds, unless you want to manually skip it, completely negating the point of autoplay playlists.
Sheepyhead
I've blocked ads on youtube ever since I kept getting the same 6-minute long ad about hair loss
Istealfromthefrontpage
Lol sorry for your loss... Of hair. They really target ur Google searches hard. Net even 10 min after googling Gunner glasses was all 1/
Sheepyhead
The odd thing is I have a solid mane of luscious curls, I think it was just the only Danish ad I was getting
Istealfromthefrontpage
The YouTube ads for them.
shhep
Honestly, most reputable sites I visit have decent ads so I'm fine with it. But if I decide to visit Polish internet... it's hilarious
rabbiebabbie
Hah what did one polack say to the other? I don't know because I can't understand polish. Lol classic pols
shhep
a flash ad that takes up ENTIRE screen, rolls from the side and covers entire screen. And since, y'know it's a huge moving, animated banner,
shhep
it's got like 2fps, is stuttering and like WHY THE FUCK would anyone do that.