Comments on: Ad Blocking: the real issue http://www.johnon.com/395/anti-firefox.html I think there's an opinion on that subject lying around here somewhere.... Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:05:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 by: Peter Cruickshank http://www.johnon.com/395/anti-firefox.html#comment-50935 Thu, 20 Sep 2007 18:18:42 +0000 http://www.johnon.com/395/anti-firefox.html#comment-50935 Blocking Firefox is just ignorant. Windows and Linux both have a "hosts" file that can redirect addresses (e.g. redirect ads.banners.com to 127.0.0.1, and have all ads replaced with nothing, etc.), regardless of the browser. Blocking Firefox is just ignorant. Windows and Linux both have a “hosts” file that can redirect addresses (e.g. redirect ads.banners.com to 127.0.0.1, and have all ads replaced with nothing, etc.), regardless of the browser.

]]> by: Blocking Ads: The dark side of ad blocking and its consequences http://www.johnon.com/395/anti-firefox.html#comment-48769 Mon, 10 Sep 2007 15:00:57 +0000 http://www.johnon.com/395/anti-firefox.html#comment-48769 [...] There are some websites that have started to block Firefox browser because of the Adblock Plus plugin it supports. Last, read this anti-firefox post from John Andrew’s blog. [...] […] There are some websites that have started to block Firefox browser because of the Adblock Plus plugin it supports. Last, read this anti-firefox post from John Andrew’s blog. […]

]]> by: Antonio http://www.johnon.com/395/anti-firefox.html#comment-47688 Wed, 05 Sep 2007 09:34:50 +0000 http://www.johnon.com/395/anti-firefox.html#comment-47688 For a moment you got me thinking you were actually out of your mind ;) Yep, I too think that those people are not only getting more people to adopt adblocker but they are also taking advantage of it by being the first ones to vocalize against it knowingly fairly well what the outcome would be. I even though it to be linkbait :) For a moment you got me thinking you were actually out of your mind ;)

Yep, I too think that those people are not only getting more people to adopt adblocker but they are also taking advantage of it by being the first ones to vocalize against it knowingly fairly well what the outcome would be. I even though it to be linkbait :)

]]> by: Mike http://www.johnon.com/395/anti-firefox.html#comment-47567 Tue, 04 Sep 2007 21:03:50 +0000 http://www.johnon.com/395/anti-firefox.html#comment-47567 If a site blocks Firefox, too bad for them. They'll lose my business, because it's my primary browser and I like it better than IE. I wouldn't have bothered to install that ad blocker plugin before, but now I plan on it, as a matter of principle. Thanks for letting me know about it. Cheers, and best of luck to you on your crusade. Mike If a site blocks Firefox, too bad for them. They’ll lose my business, because it’s my primary browser and I like it better than IE. I wouldn’t have bothered to install that ad blocker plugin before, but now I plan on it, as a matter of principle. Thanks for letting me know about it.

Cheers, and best of luck to you on your crusade.

Mike

]]> by: walter wimberly http://www.johnon.com/395/anti-firefox.html#comment-47491 Tue, 04 Sep 2007 11:31:48 +0000 http://www.johnon.com/395/anti-firefox.html#comment-47491 Good thing they won't ever make a ad-blocker for IE then - (http://www.ie7pro.com/ad-blocker.html) :). The reason I use an ad blocker is not to "steal" from content developers, but so I can actually see content. I've been to too many sites that half of the site is all animated gif or flash ads you can can't see the 2 paragraphs that you need to read and find the next button to move to the next 2 paragraphs on the next page with 10 different ads. There are some who believe ads to be stealing from the consumer. If they have to spend money per download/time on line, or even wait for content to be downloaded, it is imposing a cost the viewer. Good thing they won’t ever make a ad-blocker for IE then - (http://www.ie7pro.com/ad-blocker.html) :).

The reason I use an ad blocker is not to “steal” from content developers, but so I can actually see content. I’ve been to too many sites that half of the site is all animated gif or flash ads you can can’t see the 2 paragraphs that you need to read and find the next button to move to the next 2 paragraphs on the next page with 10 different ads.

There are some who believe ads to be stealing from the consumer. If they have to spend money per download/time on line, or even wait for content to be downloaded, it is imposing a cost the viewer.

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