If Ad Blocker Didn't Exist, Would You Still Use The Internet?

[the_randomizer]

That'd be an adblocker.

A type of Ad Blocker, yes, and then there'a AdBlock, which makes it more confusing.

 

[dimmidice]

A type of Ad Blocker, yes, and then there'a AdBlock, which makes it more confusing.

Op quite clearly meant all types of adblockers.

 

[spotanjo3]

I would have to use it without ads but I hate ads. Ads are cruel and they are making money out of it. Very annoying ads just like tv commercial. Oh my gosh. I hate tv commercials!!! It is too much than in 1990's or less. Missed 1990's. My favourite years. Sighing!

 

[59672]

The problem isn't so much that they show ads, or even host potentially malicious ones but all the vast tracking and spying going on with these ad systems. Do you really want companies knowing your every step and potentially even knowing you even better than your actual friends do? With analytics becoming ever more advanced they'll soon know people better than they know themselves.

Sites and ad networks that respect privacy, as well as refusing to host malicious content are completely acceptable, it's unfortunate for them though that the countless harmful ones ruined it for them. By similar means you wouldn't simply let any door to door salesman into your house just because you happened to deal with a store or business they're partnered with once.

 

[HaloEliteLegend]

Well, considering that if AdBlockers didn't exist, we wouldn't have as invasive advertising, I think it would work out just fine.

 

[RandomUser]

You know what sucks worst then ads?
pop ups, hated those things and back in the heydays it was prevalent and annoying as heck. Pop under is not as annoying but still annoying though.

 

[FAST6191]

With analytics becoming ever more advanced they'll soon know people better than they know themselves.

http://www.businessinsider.com/the-...et-exposed-a-teen-girls-pregnancy-2012-2?IR=T
That was 5 years ago.

Well, considering that if AdBlockers didn't exist, we wouldn't have as invasive advertising, I think it would work out just fine.

While I can certainly agree to a statement of it causing an arms race of sorts (I particularly like facebook's efforts in recent times where they really worked them in and did not give any great tells, only for ad blocking to turn around and say "well you already trained us to accept incomplete feeds so some false positives on our end are OK") if you think for a moment that ad making set would not have gone full blown metrics, tracking and whatever else we see today you don't know such people and their history -- https://mbsportal.bl.uk/taster/subjareas/busmanhist/mgmtthinkers/bernays.aspx

 

[Youkai]

Lol, didn't read all the comments but such a question coul only come from someone who grew up with stuff like ad blocker I guess ... ?

I use the internet since more than 20 years now and Ad Blocker just "recently" started to become a big thing, at least as for what I know.
I only "need" that thing with funny webpages that want to open lots of other pages which open another few pages and so on. Had something like this at work yesterday, browsed some unknown pages on my break (using FF) and after closing it there were like 20 pages opened in the background and I did not even notice.

 

[SnakeOil992]

There are actually people who voted no?

 

[RustInPeace]

Yeah, I don't know what else to say. It'd be annoying, but something I have to tolerate. I kind of already deal with that on certain websites I frequent who are anti-AdBlock.

 

[RandomUser]

Lol, didn't read all the comments but such a question coul only come from someone who grew up with stuff like ad blocker I guess ... ?

I use the internet since more than 20 years now and Ad Blocker just "recently" started to become a big thing, at least as for what I know.
I only "need" that thing with funny webpages that want to open lots of other pages which open another few pages and so on. Had something like this at work yesterday, browsed some unknown pages on my break (using FF) and after closing it there were like 20 pages opened in the background and I did not even notice.

FYI that 20 pages is called pop under.

 

[Cyan]

http://www.businessinsider.com/the-...et-exposed-a-teen-girls-pregnancy-2012-2?IR=T
That was 5 years ago.

Couldn't read that article, there's a big "you are using an Ad blocker" overlay
I guess I need to install an ad-blocker-blocker

 

[EthanAddict]

That is the silliest question I have heard. Of course

 

[sarkwalvein]

One thing I hate about ads is a combination of the algorithms being bullshit and some site owner being idiots.
I mean, there are sites that should be SFW and other that can be NSFW.
No matter how much porn I look for on my NSFW time, I still don't want google to show me NSFW ads on the newspaper site I happen to be browsing during my ride on the bus or in a random public place.

Because of that I would be annoyed without ad blockers, still would use the Internet though.

 

[FAST6191]

Couldn't read that article, there's a big "you are using an Ad blocker" overlay
I guess I need to install an ad-blocker-blocker

I did want to link the forbes article that article references but they have anti adblock too, that one just showed enough to begin with.
Also there are such things
https://reek.github.io/anti-adblock-killer/
Also relevant

One thing I hate about ads is a combination of the algorithms being bullshit and some site owner being idiots.
I mean, there are sites that should be SFW and other that can be NSFW.
No matter how much porn I look for on my NSFW time, I still don't want google to show me NSFW ads on the newspaper site I happen to be browsing during my ride on the bus or in a random public place.

Because of that I would be annoyed without ad blockers, still would use the Internet though.

The question then becomes safe for work? Are we all to become puritans like the Americans?

 

[Ryccardo]

I actually use Noscript instead of any "ad blocker" (whether extension or domain blocking) - I don't find appropriately sized text and image ads objectionable, but I surely hate websites thinking they have a right to arbitrary code execution inside my browser (which conveniently happens to include most floating/iframe/popup/sound ads)

 

[SomeKindOfUsername]

It would be all kinds of messed up if you had no control over what data you download or what servers you connect to.
But yes, I would use the web with ads - provided ad hosting services clean up their act. Until then, Pi-hole all the way.

 

[BullyWiiPlaza]

How far adblock leeches have come to consider stopping to use the Internet because that fr33 c0nt3nt has to be financed somehow so giving back to creators is so totally unacceptable since you're of course not willing to pay any kind of subscription fee either. Nice

 

[Enteking]

Internet sites would have to pay me that I waste my time reading their propaganda. I would never even consider using a site or service with unblockable ads or a required subscription fee and would definitely completely stop using the internet.

Website creators do not have to create websites to rip off people, they could get a real job anytime.

 

[Patxinco]

Adblock is pretty new, prehistoric internet users have been surfing the net eons ago without it...
Soooo, i couldn't care less of adblock xD