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And no pictures of people or animals.
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I go further than just blocking ads. I use an Ad-Blocker, Ghostery, No-Script (on Firefox), with an HTML5 Auto-Play Disabler. When it comes to websites with an Ad-Blocker wall, if I really want to see, I use a small program that I wrote to perform an HTTP GET request and displays it's pure text return. More often then not, the content I want is in the response buried along with a thousand lines of anti-ad-blocking javascript.
If this advertiser<>ad-blocker war continues to escalate, I might consider writing a very light weight web browser of my own that parses out everything but text content with the option of downloading images with a click.
if (Object.DividedByZero == true) { Universe.Implode(); }
Meus ratio ex fortis machina. Simplicitatis de formae ac munus. -Foothill, 2016
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I wonder if this[^] still works in Windows 10? 
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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I wish that the HTML document specification remained simple enough to display web pages in a console. Alas, that is not the case. It seems like everything, including the kitchen sink, has been thrown into web pages.
if (Object.DividedByZero == true) { Universe.Implode(); }
Meus ratio ex fortis machina. Simplicitatis de formae ac munus. -Foothill, 2016
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Foothill wrote: everything, including the kitchen sink, has been thrown into web pages.
Well, we needed somewhere to wash up status code 418[^].
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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With the IoT, I wouldn't be surprised if we see an extension to that joke such as:
419 I'm a refrigerator
432 I'm a light-bulb
455 I'm a vacuum cleaner
etc....
if (Object.DividedByZero == true) { Universe.Implode(); }
Meus ratio ex fortis machina. Simplicitatis de formae ac munus. -Foothill, 2016
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MikeD 2 wrote: My reaction generally is to leave and not bother with the info so it feels like shooting themselves in the foot
Let's consider the alternative.
So you give in and accept the ads to view the site. OK - now you've set a precedent. If that worked, next it will be "you must accept doubleclick cookies to view this site".
I even block pixel graphics - really everything - and have an extremely small list of exceptions (like two) for certain special circumstances - although it's not ads but popups.
Just this past weekend I was on the phone to "Goldman-Sacks" because there new website, "Marcus" insists I accept third party cookies and has other privacy violations. They pretended to be interested. I just noted that I didn't open an account their to begin with: they bought out a different online bank, and, although not skillions of dollars, I'll move my money long before I drop my privacy - and asked "how the hell" can a financial institution "upgrade" it's website so as to compromise my privacy ? I doubt they'll get back to me.
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MikeD 2 wrote: Do you agree that if people buy ads that they have a right to make you see them?
No, totally disagree, in a "would go to war to stop it from happening"-way. Companies being able to arbitrarily force people to do what they want is some ridiculous dystopian scenario that completely dehumanizes people into livestock. Anyone who feels like a person instead of an animal should vehemently oppose this.
Hiding content behind an adblock detector is fair game though, naturally I can't force them to do anything either. I generally leave those sites though.
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I read the first paragraph and clicked on the upvote. I read the second and clicked on the upvote. The system will count only one but consider mine double.
GCS d-- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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I block pop-ups in Edge plus I use a hosts file. That is plenty good for me.
I don't feel obligated to subject myself to on-line ads. When I buy a newspaper I don't read the ads. Same basic principle applies to online ads.
Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!
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Cornelius Henning wrote: Same basic principle applies to online ads.
True. But you can't buy the newspaper without the ads. You choose to not look at them. You don't actually block them.
There are two kinds of people in the world: those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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So would you be OK with an ad-blocking solution that downloaded the ads, but didn't run the code or display them?
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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I wouldn't use it. But I'm OK with you doing whatever you want.
There are two kinds of people in the world: those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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You could have someone else cut out pieces of blank paper and paste them over the ads.
If the medium is digital you might as well automate that task..
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harold aptroot wrote: If the medium is digital you might as well automate that task..
It's that mentality that makes people think everything on the internet should be free. That would be nice wouldn't it? 
There are two kinds of people in the world: those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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Anyone has the right to filter what is not wanted on the screen. If they didn't have that right then family protection filters and company firewalls would be illegal.
GCS d-- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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Nah, I'm just too lazy and those are not worth my trouble.
Nothing on the Web is that important.
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it is self defense because the ads are slowing down, are annyoing and sometimes hinder visiting the website.
I only deactivate adblocking on some interesting sites or if really necessary (so some sites I dont visit anymore)
Press F1 for help or google it.
Greetings from Germany
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I'm fine with an ad-blocker. The ads are just annoying and intrusive and I don't want to see them. If the site objects, I leave and find an alternate. I don't blame the sites - they're trying to make money but I don't have to be distracted by them.
Keep your friends close. Keep Kill your enemies closer.
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That's what I do too. Mine is over 600KB right now and I add new entries every week.
Quote: Do you agree that if people buy ads that they have a right to make you see them?
No, I most definitely do not agree. I have granted no one the right to make me see anything.
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Rick York wrote: Mine is over 600KB right now and I add new entries every week.
My hat is off to you! 
"One man's wage rise is another man's price increase." - Harold Wilson
"Fireproof doesn't mean the fire will never come. It means when the fire comes that you will be able to withstand it." - Michael Simmons
"You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him." - James D. Miles
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Ad blockers are fine, I use one and also have a huge hosts file. I think the site is also OK if they block access when they spot an ad blocker. I also think it is fine if the site requires $ubscription for access. Today, it is fairly easy to get the information I want by other means. When that stops, I will consider the alternatives. This is how business and the world operate. I would like to see an email service that charges for each email, that would stop a lot of spam. We pay a "mail washer" service to block spam and malware. They block 90% of the email to the server.
I would never block Codeproject 
Would I pay for Codeproject? Hmmmmmmmmmmmm
User: Technical term used by developers. See Idiot.
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I do not block ads. I only block things that are violating my privacy by tracking me (even after setting the "do not track" flag of my browser to inform them that I do not wish to be tracked). I have not seen an ad in many months. I use Privacy Badger (in chrome and firefox) and have not seen any websites that will not load.
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I've never bothered with ad blockers implemented as browser plugins as they tend to cause more problems than they're worth - not to mention that this approach means you have to have a blocker on each device on your network. Even host files need to be updated on each machine, so I don't find it to be particularly effective either. Not to mention you don't have access to a hosts file on some devices.
I've settled on Pi-hole, which is essentially a DNS server combined with a domain blacklist. I run it on a tiny Linux VM running on a machine that's turned on 24/7 anyway. As long as your devices use it for DNS, they all get ad-blocking, including PCs, tablets, phones, smart TVS, gaming consoles, etc.
[Edit]
As I'm writing this, 108,896 domains are being blocked. I can add my own custom domains (and whitelists), but I find that generally whatever it comes with and gets updated with works well enough.
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