Re: [Lynx-dev] New response to lynx
>> Recently I got something similar and they said this was the reason the page$ >> Has anyone else seen this? I have. Not often, but I have. > [...] I would have thought it unusual to be so honest about it. Indeed. > For most web sites, you are the product, and if you are not > compatible with the sorts of adverts that their ad-servers serve, you > are a defective product. Indeed. This bothers me only a little most places, because I don't have much to do with the kind of websites where I'm (putatively) part of the product. Where it really annoys me is things like governmental pages or other non-ad-supported stuff. > The other reason for a conscious decision to block Lynx was its > ability to be used in bulk downloading. Presumably under the impression that there are people capable of realizing lynx can do that but not of realizing that it can be told to change its User-Agent string. And, somehow, that aren't capable of just saving the page source from something like Firefox or Chromium. Bizarre. I do not understand what passes for thinking behind "most web sites". /~\ The ASCII Mouse \ / Ribbon Campaign X Against HTMLmo...@rodents-montreal.org / \ Email! 7D C8 61 52 5D E7 2D 39 4E F1 31 3E E8 B3 27 4B ___ Lynx-dev mailing list Lynx-dev@nongnu.org https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev
Re: [Lynx-dev] New response to lynx
On Tue, November 10, 2020 9:47 am, David Woolley wrote: > On 09/11/2020 22:31, dan d. wrote: > >> Recently I got something similar and they said this was the reason the >> page was being blocked to me.-- >> >> Has anyone else seen this? >> > > I would say that would be the main reason for blocking Lynx explicitly, > although I would have thought it unusual to be so honest about it. > fwiw, I use Chrome/Win with some ad ons like adblock / ublock and a hosts file, I often get these on some sites (in fact, I was thinking of disabling browser blockers and/or hosts file and try using pi-hole instead ? I think? that should circumvent web site pop ups ...?) V ___ Lynx-dev mailing list Lynx-dev@nongnu.org https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev
Re: [Lynx-dev] New response to lynx
On 09/11/2020 22:31, dan d. wrote: Recently I got something similar and they said this was the reason the page was being blocked to me.-- Has anyone else seen this? I would say that would be the main reason for blocking Lynx explicitly, although I would have thought it unusual to be so honest about it. For most web sites, you are the product, and if you are not compatible with the sorts of adverts that their ad-servers serve, you are a defective product. The other reason for a conscious decision to block Lynx was its ability to be used in bulk downloading. Firstly because it may be used to read offline, without the adverts, and secondly because they are afraid you might save the data content for offline use, and therefore not come back repeatedly, for more helpings of adverts, or may even use them as the basis of your own web site. ___ Lynx-dev mailing list Lynx-dev@nongnu.org https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev
[Lynx-dev] New response to lynx
From time to time I get a line on a web page saying they notice adverts are turrned off. They remind that this is the source of their income and support for the page. Recently I got something similar and they said this was the reason the page was being blocked to me.-- Has anyone else seen this? XR ___ Lynx-dev mailing list Lynx-dev@nongnu.org https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev
