top | item 11872928 Bloomberg Plea: Ad-Blockers Disrupt the Experience 4 points| arunmoezhi | 9 years ago |adage.com | reply 3 comments order hn newest [+] [-] hackuser|9 years ago|reply I could live with ads:* If I was assured they didn't collect my private information or track my behaviorAds very rarely offer me something I'm interested in. They disrupt my experience, but I could live with them under the above condition. [+] [-] Finnucane|9 years ago|reply Or were free of malware. Also, if the ad servers didn't bog down the web site loading. [+] [-] whatsamattayou|9 years ago|reply I made an ad blocker for iOS that I popped up on the App Store so friends and family can find it easily.But lately, some websites seem to prefer displaying nothing unless the blocker is disabled.For those instances, I recommend using Chrome or Firefox. Then you can experience the site unprotected, if you want.Usually it's not worth it.
[+] [-] hackuser|9 years ago|reply I could live with ads:* If I was assured they didn't collect my private information or track my behaviorAds very rarely offer me something I'm interested in. They disrupt my experience, but I could live with them under the above condition. [+] [-] Finnucane|9 years ago|reply Or were free of malware. Also, if the ad servers didn't bog down the web site loading.
[+] [-] Finnucane|9 years ago|reply Or were free of malware. Also, if the ad servers didn't bog down the web site loading.
[+] [-] whatsamattayou|9 years ago|reply I made an ad blocker for iOS that I popped up on the App Store so friends and family can find it easily.But lately, some websites seem to prefer displaying nothing unless the blocker is disabled.For those instances, I recommend using Chrome or Firefox. Then you can experience the site unprotected, if you want.Usually it's not worth it.
[+] [-] hackuser|9 years ago|reply
* If I was assured they didn't collect my private information or track my behavior
Ads very rarely offer me something I'm interested in. They disrupt my experience, but I could live with them under the above condition.
[+] [-] Finnucane|9 years ago|reply
[+] [-] whatsamattayou|9 years ago|reply
But lately, some websites seem to prefer displaying nothing unless the blocker is disabled.
For those instances, I recommend using Chrome or Firefox. Then you can experience the site unprotected, if you want.
Usually it's not worth it.