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| Thread ID: 142642 | 2016-08-10 00:02:00 | Ad Blockers | Digby (677) | PC World Chat |
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| 1424296 | 2016-08-10 00:02:00 | I see that Facebook is going to ban adblockers! www.nzherald.co.nz I think this is a good move, and fair enough, after all its advertising that pays for most of our internet use. But I do use an adblocker - mainly to stop those dam pop-ups and pop unders and sort that hi-jack you If advertisers just used small unobtrusive banner ads, then no one would mind them - imho. What do you think ? |
Digby (677) | ||
| 1424297 | 2016-08-10 00:44:00 | In the most recent quarter , Facebook made $6.24 billion in advertising revenue, an increase of 63 percent from a year earlier. Mobile advertising (which is not affected by the changes) accounted for 84 percent of this. So there is only 16% of the ads that are affected on desktops - yea this is a good move alright! (sarcastically said) |
bevy121 (117) | ||
| 1424298 | 2016-08-10 01:45:00 | Won't be long before Adblock blocks the blocker ;) | pcuser42 (130) | ||
| 1424299 | 2016-08-10 02:31:00 | I think this is a good move, and fair enough, after all its advertising that pays for most of our internet use. But I do use an adblocker - mainly to stop those dam pop-ups and pop unders and sort that hi-jack you If advertisers just used small unobtrusive banner ads, then no one would mind them - imho. Yes, inline ads . A great way to let malware into your PC. Some websites dont check the ads or those buying adspace , the ad either links to a hacked or other website that infects your PC. Or just infects it directly. Far fetched, no, it has allready happened. So I allways use an adblocker, popup blocker. There may be a way around facebooks ban the ban , use ghostery or a different blocker. |
1101 (13337) | ||
| 1424300 | 2016-08-10 03:54:00 | Face book. Ads. 2 things I never look at. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 1424301 | 2016-08-10 04:25:00 | Yes, inline ads . A great way to let malware into your PC. Some websites dont check the ads or those buying adspace , the ad either links to a hacked or other website that infects your PC. Or just infects it directly. Far fetched, no, it has allready happened. Yep, even the mighty Trade Me were hit www.nzherald.co.nz www.geekzone.co.nz |
Renegade (16270) | ||
| 1424302 | 2016-08-15 06:59:00 | I totally agree to some here that ad blocker or ad filtering is needed to remove unimportant advertising content that can also harm a website. It is because the links to other site can affect a PC's performance. | reamslovenly (17283) | ||
| 1424303 | 2016-08-15 23:53:00 | Some ads are so annoying and really hard to close. If Facebook can ensure that their ads are safe and are not obtrusive, why not? | Octavia Robards (17490) | ||
| 1424304 | 2016-08-16 01:59:00 | If Facebook can ensure that their ads are safe and are not obtrusive, why not? how will they continually check all the ads are safe....they cant. What has happened on other webpages is , the original ad will be safe, then it later gets changed to link to malware . |
1101 (13337) | ||
| 1424305 | 2016-08-16 03:51:00 | Some sites I would never visit without an add blocker, even this one is borderline at times. I understand that sites need the add revenue and support that in theory but they are just so annoying as implemented on a lot of sites. I particularly object to the money making scams that pop up in full page adds and start talking their rubbish and then have the audacity to ask if I'm sure I want to close the page. Ban this sort of rubbish from Web sites and I'll consider not blocking adds. |
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