You wrongly assume that all users have the same needs/constraints Some of the advantages you highlight like battery life, are quite useless to me, I wont point out any other items, Ad blocking is good but useless for me, for reasons, you might not understand, so I will spare you the details
The statement below is based on ignorance ___________________________________ (Internet is relatively new in some parts of the world. These parts have yet to experience the full benefit Internet could bring, and also some of the pitfalls. I would like to help people evade these pitfalls). ___________________________________ On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 3:27 PM, Benjamin Tayehanpour < [email protected]> wrote: > In the very same article, it says that you can disable the feature > altogether and block *all* ads if you so choose. You could also create > your own whitelist if there are some web pages for which to want to enable > ads. > > There are lots of reasons to block ads. Besides easing stress on your > network, you ease stress on your computer by not having to show unnecessary > image or flash ads. This improves battery life and overall longevity in the > long run. There are also privacy issues, where many ad firms track > individual computers and their owners' habits. Last but not least, ads are > harmful to the Internet neutrality. Imagine a web site. Let's say it's an > independent digital newspaper. It is financed by ads via a well-renowned > firm, and without this income it could not exist. One day, this newspaper > uncovers something huge, perhaps some huge scandal in the financial world > with many large companies involved. The newspaper, intent on bringing truth > to the people, publish a story on it, with promises to disclose more in > time. What happens now? If one of the major companies involved in the > scandal doesn't already own the ad firm financing the newspaper, they will > aspire to do so in the very close future. They will then proceed to > threaten to cut off the ad revenues to the newspaper if they do not cease > the disclosure. Incidents such as this has happened on occasion in Europe > and in America, so it is not that unlikely to happen. Revenues via ads is > dangerous, because it is the advertisers who ultimately decide what you may > write on your page. Blocking ads en masse is a way of making ads unreliable > as a primary income for a web site, thus making it less common for web > sites to do so. > > Internet is relatively new in some parts of the world. These parts have > yet to experience the full benefit Internet could bring, and also some of > the pitfalls. I would like to help people evade these pitfalls. > > > On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 8:46 PM, Mugarura Cavin <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Thanks, and in the very same article, am not sure you read this section, >> either way, i dont see any need to use an ad block service/software/tool, >> >> Will all "acceptable" ads be unblocked? >> >> No. Unfortunately, it isn't technically possible to recognize >> "acceptable" ads automatically. We have >> agreements<https://adblockplus.org/en/acceptable-ads-agreements>with >> some websites and advertisers that only advertising matching our criteria >> will be used, their ads will be unblocked then. We hope to grow our list >> significantly over time. >> >> >> >> >> On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 2:38 PM, Hari Kurup <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> On 23 December 2011 17:34, Mugarura Cavin <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> It would be my friend if it had grey matter, am not sure it does, >>>> for example, if it would block spam ads, not simply any ads, >>>> ads are useful (1%), why should i block ads, and miss out on a deal, >>>> >>> >>> >>> you want to read this >>> https://adblockplus.org/en/acceptable-ads >>> >>> -- >>> Hari >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug >>> >>> Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: >>> [email protected] >>> Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >>> Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug >>> To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug >>> >>> The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: >>> http://www.infocom.co.ug/ >>> >>> The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including >>> attachments if any). 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