Do you use ad-blocking browser extensions?

[Typo Fu Master]

I think his point is more that whatever site you're on gets their revenue from ads so essentially you're stealing from the site not the advertisers.

You're right. But it doesn't change the fact that ads are annoying and there is a legal solution to get rid of them. I understand his position and I'd feel exactly the same way if I was in his shoes.

For what it's worth, I make a yearly contribution to Wikipedia because I'm not a complete asshole. And if there is a site which I really enjoy, I'll disable ad blocking on that site if they specifically ask me to.

 

[nerfhearder]

You're right. But it doesn't change the fact that ads are annoying and there is a legal solution to get rid of them. I understand his position and I'd feel exactly the same way if I was in his shoes.

For what it's worth, I make a yearly contribution to Wikipedia because I'm not a complete asshole. And if there is a site which I really enjoy, I'll disable ad blocking on that site if they specifically ask me to.

I agree and I use adblockers, too but he has a valid point. Much like my use of Pirate Bay. I know it's stealing but sometimes I just don't care.

 

[Liar]

Convince advertisers to tone down their obnoxious space grabbing ads and maybe I'll reconsider blocking their crap. Good luck with that. If ads weren't so horribly intrusive, ad blocking software wouldn't even be a thing. Do you sit and watch all the commercials or skip through them whenever possible? If you don't skip, you're in the minority. Ads suck unless they're super bowl ads.

The "right" way to do that would be to not frequent sites that display obnoxious ads. You want to read my article? You get to endure this here ad, because withhout it, I can't afford to write articles. That's the deal. If you don't like the deal, go read some other article.

I'll try my very best to keep the ads as discrete and unintrusive as possible, but times are tough. In part because of all them ad-blockers that means we can only monetize parts of our traffic. If the advertisers can't get as many page views per dollar, they are gonna want a bigger part of the pages they do get.

There are sites I avoid because of annoying ads (when I can, sometimes I have to because of work). Just like there are sites I avoid due to ugly web design and poor optimization. But that's all within the deal.

Also, if people can get something for free, most of them will. It may not be a nice thing to do but humans tend to be selfish, greedy assholes, especially on the internet.

Well, at least you're honest about it.

 

[Liar]

On a realted note...

The Literotica forums don't have any ads, and these days it's the only part of the site I visit. And I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one.

Lit is a site that must cost monies in upkeep, if nothing else.

Are we a net loss for Laurel?

 

[Ms_Ann]

On a realted note...

The Literotica forums don't have any ads, and these days it's the only part of the site I visit. And I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one.

Lit is a site that must cost monies in upkeep, if nothing else.

Are we a net loss for Laurel?

I don't know about you but I'm pure gold.

 

[Typo Fu Master]

On a realted note...

The Literotica forums don't have any ads, and these days it's the only part of the site I visit. And I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one.

Lit is a site that must cost monies in upkeep, if nothing else.

Are we a net loss for Laurel?

I would totally donate via PayPal. Wouldn't even have to think about it. I'm actually kind of surprised that isn't an option.

 

[Ms_Ann]

Some sites have so many ads jumping at you the page won't even load.

 

[pointless]

On a realted note...

The Literotica forums don't have any ads, and these days it's the only part of the site I visit. And I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one.

Lit is a site that must cost monies in upkeep, if nothing else.

Are we a net loss for Laurel?

i have stories. at least one has over a hundred thousand views. maybe more by now. anyway, i think i'm good.

 

[RobDownSouth]

i use the disable html autoplay - that stops the autoplay vids on sites

Which one? I see three different ones on the Add-ons page?

i ditched adblock plus and went with just ublock origin a week or so ago. works wonders. adblock plus was a favorite for ages, but it just hadn't been working very well the last month or so. made me sad to kick it to the curb, but whatever. i'm just glad i found something that works.

Holy moly, I just switched adblock to ublock and can see the difference already, particularly on sites like Fark.

 

[lovetoread]

Disable HTML5 Autoplay

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/...toplay/efdhoaajjjgckpbkoglidkeendpkolai?hl=en

 

[nerfhearder]

i have stories. at least one has over a hundred thousand views. maybe more by now. anyway, i think i'm good.

So I gotta write a story to feel like I'm contributing? Nobody wants that. It'd be the Dick and Jane of porn.

 

[RobDownSouth]

Disable HTML5 Autoplay

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/...toplay/efdhoaajjjgckpbkoglidkeendpkolai?hl=en

Nice. Thank you.

Seems to work on everything except ESPN.

 

[lovetoread]

i also disable adobe player in the settings

there is no site that needs to autoplay anything

 

[Typo Fu Master]

Disable HTML5 Autoplay

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/...toplay/efdhoaajjjgckpbkoglidkeendpkolai?hl=en

There has to be a better way to say it but I'm at a loss. If cartoon bluebirds were real, a bunch of them would be sitting on your shoulders singing right now. If you were a box of crayons, you'd be the giant name-brand one with the built-in sharpener. I hate, despise and loathe autoplay. Thank you!

 

[about_average]

Everything can deliver malware. Ads are no more or less susceptible to it than other embedded or hotlinked content, that any modern media site is a patchwork of. Which is why you should have proper system wide protection.

Except that a lot of sites have no control over where the ads are coming from.

I don't have an ad blocker and I've never had malware because of it. And reading as well as making online media is my job, so I'm probably more exposed to it than most.

Yep, I know that's anecdotal. Just sayin'.

Yes, that's pretty basic.

Are we a net loss for Laurel?

Well, according to s71 I'm a freeloader because I don't publish stories on Lit.

 

[Disgustipated]

I'm using all of these right now. Disable Autoplay and Ublock are new per LTR and I disabled AB for testing purposes.

Data Saver 2.0.2
Reduces data usage by using Google servers to optimize pages you visit.

Disable HTML5 Autoplay 0.6.2
Disables autoplay of all HTML5 audio and video

uBlock Origin 1.10.0
Finally, an efficient blocker. Easy on CPU and memory.

 

[Liar]

Except that a lot of sites have no control over where the ads are coming from.

True. Except the same is true for analytic scripts, syndicated content tickers and databases, external hotlinked images and a variety of other such common practices. All which can deliver malware to you if the scouce host is compromised and end point security is low, as in bad/no antivirus and poorly updated browser on the user side.

But ads get all the attention. Cause people understandably don't like ads.

 

[about_average]

True. Except the same is true for analytic scripts, syndicated content tickers and databases, external hotlinked images and a variety of other such common practices. All which can deliver malware to you if the scouce host is compromised and end point security is low, as in bad/no antivirus and poorly updated browser on the user side.

But ads get all the attention. Cause people understandably don't like ads.

That's one of the reasons why I block most of that stuff also.

But while that's true, the hosting site of those things needs to be compromised, no so for ads, all they have to do is be the high bidder on the ad space.