how-to block ads
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biff420
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join:2002-01-26
Richmond, CA
 ·AT&T Yahoo
| The only good cookie, is a deleted cookie
These marketers don't seem to understand that
people DON'T like being marketed to in the first
place.
You'd think they'd get the hint now that major ISP's
marketing  is showing how evil popups are, and that
they block them better than brand X.
The longer a computer user has his rig, the more control
he will exert over it, and begin to delete more cookies,
spyware, etc.
As he begins to peruse BBR, he's going to see HOSTS file,
and see how it blocks ads.
I always instruct users to use HOSTS files, and other ad/spyware blocking software.
These marketers have hurt themselves by insisting on spending obscene amounts of money to create ads we block.
So a new battle line is being drawn with "cookies are your
friends". LOL! Good luck! | |
Jason Levine
Premium
join:2001-07-13
USA
| Actually, I don't mind being marketed to so long as it's not annoying. I also don't mind cookies (of the non 3rd party kind) so long as they serve a useful function on the site. (For example, keeping me logged into BBR.) I also don't mind JavaScript as it can take a useful site (say, Google) and make it much more useful (for example, Google Suggest). And, yes, even Flash can be nice.
That said, everything I mentioned above can be misused, overused, and mishandled. Marketing can turn into pop-up/under/in ads. Cookies can turn into silent tracers designed to help a marketing firm learn everything about you. JavaScript can make those annoying mouse trails that follow the cursor on badly designed websites. And Flash can be used to make a one page informational site into a "multimedia extravaganza" that hides the real content.
That's why I have Maxthon set to block pop-up/under ads, but I let normal ads through. I allow cookies on a site by site basis. (Although a site might be white or black listed depending on whether they annoy me or prove to me that their cookies are essential.) I allow JavaScript, but stand at the ready to have Maxthon deny it from running. Lastly, I deny Flash (as well as all ActiveX) from running but am ready to let it run on a case by case basis.
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-Jason Levine
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