Some people justify it by stating that they keep ads because they want to support the websites, but don’t know that at the very least they should be blocking trackers and 3rd party cookies
Are these people actually clicking on the ads and making purchases through them? Because if all they’re doing is letting the ads clutter space, but not interacting with them, does that really support the site at all?
Someone on here some weeks ago had a beef with me saying I skip passed promo content in YouTube videos. They said something about wanting to support the videomakers. K, but if I’m not in the market for a new mattress (as an example of an ad I sometimes hear), it doesn’t make sense for me to listen to the sponsored mattress read-through. If I don’t make a purchase with the YouTuber’s promo code, then what’s the difference if I skip a couple minutes ahead? Do I owe a video “respect” by listening anyway? And if for some reason the advertiser cares more about me listening to their spiel than about me actually making a purchase, well, that’s silly and sucks for them.
There are some things advertised that I’m never going to buy no matter how much they’re shown to me. Meal kits, gambling sites, men’s boxers, these are all things I’ve seen countless sponsored ad placements mid-video for, and they are all things I don’t use and can’t see myself using. Yet the ads persist.
Are these people actually clicking on the ads and making purchases through them? Because if all they’re doing is letting the ads clutter space, but not interacting with them, does that really support the site at all?
For the most part, no, it doesn’t support the site, since most Google ads are PPC (Pay-Per-Click).
Sure but the metrics that companies produce after running an ad campaign to see if it was effective do not depend on those pay per click metrics. They will generally look at what the total sales or total amount of engagement with their content was pre and post the marketing campaign. If the number goes up they call it a success and will pay for another ad campaign. I guess the real question is are ad payouts for sites hosting them still generally based on pay per click or other engagement analytics that run after the campaigns are finished. That I am unsure of
Oop yeah! Limited success with AdGuard (paid), or self-hosted PiHole. Should be less than less effective as time goes on because apps can serve ads from first party domains, I imagine.
Does work for some apps though; might require manual filter list updating (open AdGuard & tap refresh) given advertiser cat-and-mouse.
(Edit: speaking at least to iOS^)
Edit: Apple protecting their business interests by locking the platform down for sure. Also a few fewer grandma iPhones in botnets, but at great cost to us nerds.
I wouldn’t believe it if I didn’t have multiple friends who I have recently noticed don’t have ad blockers. Absolutely feral behavior and they were properly shamed for it.
Yes, most people. Adblockers are used by a minority.
An unfortunate truth.
Some people justify it by stating that they keep ads because they want to support the websites, but don’t know that at the very least they should be blocking trackers and 3rd party cookies
Are these people actually clicking on the ads and making purchases through them? Because if all they’re doing is letting the ads clutter space, but not interacting with them, does that really support the site at all?
Someone on here some weeks ago had a beef with me saying I skip passed promo content in YouTube videos. They said something about wanting to support the videomakers. K, but if I’m not in the market for a new mattress (as an example of an ad I sometimes hear), it doesn’t make sense for me to listen to the sponsored mattress read-through. If I don’t make a purchase with the YouTuber’s promo code, then what’s the difference if I skip a couple minutes ahead? Do I owe a video “respect” by listening anyway? And if for some reason the advertiser cares more about me listening to their spiel than about me actually making a purchase, well, that’s silly and sucks for them.
There are some things advertised that I’m never going to buy no matter how much they’re shown to me. Meal kits, gambling sites, men’s boxers, these are all things I’ve seen countless sponsored ad placements mid-video for, and they are all things I don’t use and can’t see myself using. Yet the ads persist.
So I will continue skipping.
For the most part, no, it doesn’t support the site, since most Google ads are PPC (Pay-Per-Click).
Sure but the metrics that companies produce after running an ad campaign to see if it was effective do not depend on those pay per click metrics. They will generally look at what the total sales or total amount of engagement with their content was pre and post the marketing campaign. If the number goes up they call it a success and will pay for another ad campaign. I guess the real question is are ad payouts for sites hosting them still generally based on pay per click or other engagement analytics that run after the campaigns are finished. That I am unsure of
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There’s plenty, with a bit of doing. Definitely not as easy as installing ublock through a browser extension store but very doable
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uBlock Origin Lite on Apple App Store (pretty new): https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ublock-origin-lite/id6745342698
uBlock Origin for Firefox on Android: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/android/addon/ublock-origin/
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Oop yeah! Limited success with AdGuard (paid), or self-hosted PiHole. Should be less than less effective as time goes on because apps can serve ads from first party domains, I imagine.
Does work for some apps though; might require manual filter list updating (open AdGuard & tap refresh) given advertiser cat-and-mouse.
(Edit: speaking at least to iOS^)
Edit: Apple protecting their business interests by locking the platform down for sure. Also a few fewer grandma iPhones in botnets, but at great cost to us nerds.
Yeah
I wouldn’t believe it if I didn’t have multiple friends who I have recently noticed don’t have ad blockers. Absolutely feral behavior and they were properly shamed for it.