{"id":128029,"date":"2015-09-15T07:31:49","date_gmt":"2015-09-15T13:31:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/09\/15\/who-blocks-the-ad-blockers.html"},"modified":"2015-09-18T10:37:47","modified_gmt":"2015-09-18T16:37:47","slug":"who-blocks-the-ad-blockers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/09\/15\/who-blocks-the-ad-blockers.html","title":{"rendered":"Who Blocks the Ad-Blockers?"},"content":{"rendered":"

This debate comes up every few years, and each time I feel conflicted.<\/p>\n

On the one hand …<\/p>\n

Stuff costs money. Online content costs money. Websites — including (or especially) major media \/ journalistic websites — get money from ads, sometimes for views, often for click-throughs. Block those ads, and the site doesn't get revenue. Turn off the revenue, eventually the site goes dark.<\/p>\n

On the other hand …<\/p>\n

Web page ads are obtrusive, obnoxious, distracting, and potentially dangerous. Having gotten used to not seeing them, having them pop up (sometimes literally) again is a horror show. Watching how they impact my Android experience tells me I don't want to go back to that on my desktop.<\/p>\n

I could potentially subscribe to content — and in the cases of some specific creators, I do use Patreon to send a small amount monthly to them (in the "a dollar or two" range). That's only practical for so many locations, though. There are too many content sites out there to practically subscribe to. And too many subscription deals feel undermined by the publishers themselves, as they thrash around changing their models (pay wall! no pay wall! timed pay wall!).<\/p>\n

What's the answer? I don't know. The current situation seems untenable, and increased nagging \/ bullying by sites seems unlikely to net a desirable result. We'll see what happens.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\nWebsites know you’re using ad-blockers, and they’re coming for you<\/a><\/span>
\nSome websites have resorted to appealing to their readers’ better nature or even haggling with them.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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This debate comes up every few years, and each time I feel conflicted. On the one hand … Stuff costs money. Online content costs money. Websites — including (or especially) major media \/ journalistic websites — get money from ads, sometimes for views, often for click-throughs. Block those ads, and the site doesn't get revenue. … Continue reading “Who Blocks the Ad-Blockers?”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,35,3,80],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-128029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts","category-big-business","category-blogging","category-media-commercial"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":128329,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/10\/16\/our-internet-ads-are-we-can-stop-whenever-we-want.html","url_meta":{"origin":128029,"position":0},"title":"“Our internet ads are intrusive? 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