Adblock Plus to allow "non-intrusive" ads by default

[Guest]

I would be fine with the Non-intrusive if they had listed it openly which these companies are and form my own opinion as an advanced user that set my own "corrections" to subscribed lists when updated.

While as a website owner I do understand the need for ads to pay for webhosting where donations have not helped much or even given any aid when the yearly bill has come to collect, not that "google adsense" has yet to make me any revenue to assist in it I still remain opposed to ads that are an eye sore, create latency issues or tracks you without explicit consent (or otherwise hidden in some TOS somewhere when the common user/visitor just scrolls passed it anyhow...) though as mentioned I would rather like to know what non-intrusive advertiser(s) and ads they refer to in more specific outreach rather then just stating it so to create my own oppinion not just go by their 'promise' that they are such.

To further why I am more inclined to know what non-intrusive they refer to is also by own interest as i have for the last few years invested in gameservers which I also costs almost double what my webhosting plan costs me a year (with domain name and all included) per month O_o and thats not even with the more attractive 64 slots servers (to reference to the 24 slots I can stretch to provide...)
but i am a nice guy and enjoy playing and enabling play for others and i agree from that stand point that non-intrusive ads "might" be a good help for me, but I would not like it if this came at displeasure to visitors to my site in such case

 

[Guest]

An alternate option would be to use AdFender which is also free and uses the same EasyList filters used by many Adblock Plus users.

 

[caravel]

An alternate option would be to use AdFender which is also free and uses the same EasyList filters used by many Adblock Plus users.

Which is not a firefox add on, is proprietary closed source software and is Windows only.

One other solution to this problem is for someone to fork adblock plus.

 

[Guest]

I tried adblock, but disabled it as I found it blocked too many ads. I only want to block ads with sound/pop-ups/expanders.

 

[Dimpl]

As someone who runs websites, I can see both sides. I'd be ok with allowing ads that are TRULY non-intrusive, meaning don't insert an ad in between every other paragraph while I'm reading! Keep them to the sidebars and keep them visually toned-down.

The problem is, if only a few sites violate this and insert ads in the text content, then I'm going to respond by blocking all ads by default. So sites that "behave" still will lose.

The only thing that might be nice is if AdBlock makes a code snippet for website operators to insert with their ads that displays, in place of ads, an option for adblock users to unblock ads for just that site if they want to support it.

ABP could even scan your recent browsing history when it installs, and ask you to select any sites you'd like to support and leave ads on for just those sites.

At the end of the day, no matter what anybody says, technology puts the user in control. Yes, technology can be used to restrict people as well, but as history has shown, it's only a short time before users circumvent restrictive technology.

So advertisers and publishers should take this to heart: don't frustrate and alienate your viewers or they'll punish you hard. Instead, find ways to make them happy and they will reward you and be loyal for life, and they'll help you to the top where you'll beat all the shady advertisers.

Yes please! Prompt me to allow ads on the sites I like.

 

[captaincranky]

So, given the new protocols, wouldn't it make sense to change the program's name?

I'm casting my vote for, "Ad-Mit", ("Plus" or otherwise).

 

[learninmypc]

I'm so used to Adblock plus, any website looks cluttered when adblock is disabled. Sorry, I'll continue "not" allowing ads.