I would never buy into this lie that they are telling us. One of the biggest spy firms in the world is blocking ads.
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Google Could Include Ad-Blocker in Future Versions of Chrome Browser
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It's not really an ad blocker...it just will filter what ads you get
Clever stuff Google...
If it leads to a cleaner and smoother browsing experience, doesn't matter to me who's ads are being shown. I like this!
Actually no. Google will outsource the decision making.
https://www.betterads.org/coalition...ter-ads-standards-for-desktop-and-mobile-web/
People like to just bash Google without looking at the facts. The decisions made in the link above are for the user benefit.
I just want no ads, period, and will use whatever tools available to block anything I can. BTW, Google's doubleclick.net is already redirected to 0.0.0.0 in my hosts file.
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Well, all of Google's ads conform to those standards, right? Their conformity actually puts them at a disadvantage compared to more aggressive/sketchy advertisers, in a way, unless people start blocking those. They're trying to police the other advertisers... which I am all for EDIT: as long as they don't abuse it (which they might).
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Well, then... you're DEFINITELY their "target audience"!
Lol, however- the rest of us would prefer less ads, or no ads... not just a ton of "smooth" ads from Google.
Not sure if you're old enough to remember YouTube, sans ads... but trust me: it was a MUCH better experience!
I personally can't imagine someone feeling like: "hey, these tons of annoying YouTube ads aren't so bad... they're so smooth!!! Honestly, this is just as good as, if not better than- no ads at all!".
But hey, it takes all kinds.
I'm old enough to remember TV sans ads ..........but that was before electricity.
Hahahaha.....!
Shush!!!
Omg, and you owe me 15¢ for the value of the coffee I just sprayed from my nose.
Seriously though... the adverts HAVE been evolving & changing and becoming more pervasive over time.
I haven't had any sort of television service for over 20 years, but recently got a Roku to view my Netflix & HBO on a bigger screen than my 27" iMac.
I tried a few of the "channel" apps & IMMEDIATELY gave up on them. I couldn't help but think "Holy crap!! There are people that this is acceptable to???!".
Like 4 commercial breaks for a 25 minute show, & most were repeats. I wanted to gouge my eyes out.
I'm back to Netflix & HBO only!
I'm actually a low-key power user. I always had an ad blocker on, and would never go back. The fact that they are improving the experience for those who are not more technologically savvy is a big plus imo!
Occasionally going onto one of those "article" sites with the 8-10 ads on the sides and pop-up ads, scroll over ads, everything intrusive they could think of; makes me feel like I just entered some uncharted territory, and I hope no one has to experience that themselves; if they don't know how to avoid it.
I agree youtube ads are not bad, and I probably wouldn't mind "enduring" them if I felt like it was going to a better cause.
Knew it sounded too good to be true!It's not really an ad blocker...it just will filter what ads you get
Clever stuff Google...
Agreed. It's not always "dodgy" sites. Often file sharing websites, where you might be downloading files that are allowed to be shared, there are tons of ads with fake "Download" buttons.
AdBlock, AdBlock Plus, and others are already like this until you disable the default "allow non-intrusive ads" option. So they allow "non-intrusive" (aka Google) ads by default, as if that's what anyone wants when they're downloading an ad blocker. I'll bet Google paid them off; not saying it's unethical because I'd do it too in their position.It's not really an ad blocker...it just will filter what ads you get
Clever stuff Google...
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Yes. As annoying as the bad ads are, many aren't illegal AFAIK. Their advertisers have equal rights, and I expect they'd have grounds to sue. Even MacKeeper and Conduit are actual corporations with rights despite that they exist purely to f*** up people's computers with malware.
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Many websites currently rely on ads to exist, so I would hope that only the tech-savvy users are blocking them. And some people know about ad blockers but don't mind the ads enough to bother.
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