Interesting Article about Adblockers

[Jad Chaar]

Good read: http://goo.gl/WQmEPC

 

[cliffordcooley]

I like these comments. They hold true to my own thoughts.

"Who runs ABP for memory reasons?!? We run it to get rid of all the
annoying crap that goes beyond what most of us can call reasonable
advertising".

That's why I run it.
I don't have a problem with advertising on web sites. I have a problem with all of the beeping, bonking, flashing, scrolling, waving and AUDIO that comes with them.

I've been using Adblockers for years and years, and have it installed by default on every Firefox and Chrome install I use (including everyone's machine at work). I use it simply because even though I might trust the website, I don't trust the advertising networks those sites use. Since instituting it at work, all of the fake antivirus warnings, malware banners, Trojans and other BS has completely disappeared.

A site that runs on ads suggesting an ad-blocking program is bad for a completely arbitrary reason? Now I've seen it all! /sarcasm.
No one runs AdBlock to save RAM.