Comment I don't buy it. (Score 1) 974
Having seen both side of the fence on this one. IMHO, the Internet is a public forum. If the public wants to look at something, they are going to, no matter how well you hide it. If the public doesn't want to view something, they are not going to. The use or non-use of blocking software of any sort is up to the owner of the system (either business or personal computers). Not the entities that host the content, or the entities that provide the content. This is true for Ad Blockers, script blockers, anti-virus, and content blockers.
The belief that visitors to your site must view your ads has been around for some time. It gave us banner ads, pop-ups, click through's, subscriptions, and "push" technology. Each of these innovations has had some sort of way to be circumvent it, and the collective thought process was that the blocker was a protection feature, and needed by the public. Now that someone who is using those same advertising technologies and has not figured out a way to circumvent them, there is some sort of problem? I don't buy it.
The only persons that have a problem with blocking software, are those for whom the blocking software was designed to stop. the louder they complain, the more I think I need that blocking software.
The belief that visitors to your site must view your ads has been around for some time. It gave us banner ads, pop-ups, click through's, subscriptions, and "push" technology. Each of these innovations has had some sort of way to be circumvent it, and the collective thought process was that the blocker was a protection feature, and needed by the public. Now that someone who is using those same advertising technologies and has not figured out a way to circumvent them, there is some sort of problem? I don't buy it.
The only persons that have a problem with blocking software, are those for whom the blocking software was designed to stop. the louder they complain, the more I think I need that blocking software.
