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@Letmecode most people do not think so. They cannot understand the effort behind this work, believing that everything on the web is owed free.
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@aronnebrivio adnauseam.io
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@devs This is amazing
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@slaat just when you try to play nice.
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@benoliver999 yes, it really is! Some guy posted it here in devRant the other day. I don't remember who unfortunately
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@practiseSafeHex
Oh god i hate when businesses do that -
@angery you could also install a browser they had JS disabled... But im too lazy...
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You know, earlier today I had that exact same thought.. Almost posted that same thought here too. O.o
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@loserboi, there was one site I tried that with today, except the sneaky fuckers actually replaced the contents of `<body>` with their "disable your blocker" message. Can't remember the site now though.. -
I do the same all time !😎😆@angery
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I find it pretty funny when I see this on sites where the content is written on countless other sites as well. Don't assume yourself to be some incredibly unique service when you're just a glorified blog. It's so easy to just leave and look at another site. I've found no instance yet where I've actually needed to disable it, it's like they don't understand the internet.
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Or you could just put cache: in front of the url (eg. cache:https://whatever.com) and get google's cached copy.
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@tacticalKimchi wise man
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@nikolatesla That would work if they simply put the 'please disable adblock' notice on a top most div, covering all web contents which are still there. But it won't work if they simply won't load content yet.
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I'm curious: would it make any difference to you if the popup on the site could have button that would disable the adblock for just that site, instantly with 1 click?
For me I think it would. 50% of the time I leave on principle. But 50% of the time I would consider disabling my AdBlocker but I cannot be bothered to actually manually open the AdBlock menu and do it.
If there in theory was an AdBlock API that sites could call to ask if you wanted to disable it - I would probably use it once in a while. -
Sadly - the feeling is mutual for the site owner. "Go ahead and leave - we don't make any money off adless pageviews anyways". unless the pageviews drop dramatically (Which they often don't).
I've had to implement popups like this myself. Those logged into a paid account were exempt and we allowed the popup to be closed and to remain closed throughout the session.
But for non-loggedin users the sentiment is that the site makes so much more from 1 user disabling adblock than 5 users leaving - that it's worth keeping the popup. -
@jiraTicket that's an interesting perspective. thanks for sharing!
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I can also add that the idea ”what about potential paying customers being scared away by antiadblock-popups?” is sometimes adressed by adding a line of text that explains the antiadblock-popup goes away for paid customers.
(And sometimes paid customers ask why we even run ads for those who pay, that criticism is often answered by ”most magazines and newspapers have ads despite you paying for them, the price would be higher if it was ad free”
"Please disable AdBlock to view the content."
No. I'll just leave. Bye.
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