Side note: Does anybody have an effective way of blocking this stupid Admiral BS, I’ve gotten it to a point where it consistently gives me the bypass option but I’d prefer it to go away entirely

  • henfredemars@infosec.pubEnglish
    1·
    2 months ago

    I’m sorry but advertisements are too often a vehicle for scams and malware. It’s not merely a preference. They pose a very real danger due to a lack of enforcement of good advertising policies and ethics.

  • Lauchs@lemmy.world
    0·
    2 months ago

    If it’s a site I use regularly, I’ll disable ad blocker, especially news. It’d be childish demand people provide me their time, labour and effort for free, especially when the ads cost me nothing.

    • cm0002@lemmy.worldOP
      1·
      2 months ago

      I’ve tried that before, was I rewarded with peaceful well placed ADs? Hell no, I was inundated with full page auto-playing monstrosities so fuck that.

      Maybe if it’s a small time website I’ll just pay with donations or a subscription, but fuck these big time conglomerate owned websites

    • themeatbridge@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      I don’t demand anything, but I’m not responsible for making sure anyone else makes money. Sell it, give it away, or don’t. Don’t beg me to allow third parties to infect my devices just because they paid you to ask me.

          • Lauchs@lemmy.world
            01·
            2 months ago

            Back in the day, before ad blockers general unobtrusive ads generated more revenue per site visit. As ad blockers become popular, the value of those same ads were worth less.

            So, to answer your question, they were able to pay the bills with discreet ads which we decided were too annoying, leading to the current spiral of decline.