News - Adblock Plus gets shins kicked by Google "security measures"

[HEXUS]

Android and Chrome users now have to jump through hoops to use the utility.

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[valhar2000]

Just ban Adblock outright, and let people use a different browser if they really it.

[kingpotnoodle]

I've always used AdBlock in Chrome, not the plus/pro or whatever. Works a charm :-)

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Confusingly there are similar named extensions by different authors on different browsers not all affiliated with each other.

[wasabi]

If they outright block it, a lot of people will move back to Firefox. It was only when Chrome's Adblock Plus got up to parity with the FF version that I fully moved to Chrome as the main browser. For me at least, Adblock/Plus and Ghostery are a dealbreaker on browser choice.

[3dcandy]

I feel that Google whilst stuck between a rock and a hard place might regret this. I use adblock as it actually improves the browser experience. Ebay for example is a nightmare with the ads (mind you the redesign by a blind man's dog is awful) and is arguably 100 times easier to use on my mobile now. Thus FF is still my main browser as I have slightly more control to my liking...

[AGreatName]

I wouldnt even use an ad blocker if it wasnt for the ads with sound. Nothing is more annoying than having to go through dozens of tabs just to find where the pause button is on one advert

[TTrSquared]

I wouldnt even use an ad blocker if it wasnt for the ads with sound. Nothing is more annoying than having to go through dozens of tabs just to find where the pause button is on one advert

What about the ones which pop out of the browser and open a new window?

[AGreatName]

What about the ones which pop out of the browser and open a new window?

good point, and the ones on a certain swedish pirates site

[wasabi]

..and the ones where text in the middle of a page is underlined so you can't scroll down a site without popups all over the shop.

[smithy1158]

If they restrict both Ad block plugins then I'll switch to Firefox. The internet is no place for advertising.

[nacasatu]

If it's outright blocked from usage within Chrome, I'll just dump Chrome and never use it again, simple as that.

[Champman99]

I am kind of torn. Ultimately all the "free" content in the internet is funded by advertising. I do use Adblock, but for instance on sites I support and enjoy (like Hexus) and also on Youtube channels that I particularly enjoy I will make a point of turning it off.

It does feel a bit like having your cake and eating it to to run with an adblocker to get an ad-free experience, while potentially the less tech-savvy website viewers are having to view more and more ads to pay for the content

[kingpotnoodle]

The internet is no place for advertising.

Why is it any different to anywhere else?

If the ads were less annoying and in my face then I'd be more tempted to turn off ad-blocking but many of them are such a pain in the ass I won't. I turn it off on a few sites but only those with sensible ad policies and that I like to the point I would actually pay for them if there was an option to do so.

If Google block the Chrome add-ons I'll do it with a proxy. I'd rather pay a small fee for services and have them ad-free or less intrusive, I nearly always buy the paid version of an Android app just to get rid of the ads and have several times been annoyed when there isn't such an option and there is only a free ad-supported version to the point where I've found an alternative app. I don't expect a free lunch unlike most people - particularly those complaining about ads on a pirate site - that's some cheek right there, the world isn't there to make free stuff for you.

[jimbouk]

I've had this debate before.

My personal opinion is based on the nature of the internet. Content providers put up content, you can request to see as much or little of it as you wish. If you chose to download a html file you should not be forced to download all linked images, flash files and other associated files.

As soon as you do not have the freedom to chose what you do and do not receive then this is not the internet as I know.

Hexus is down on my exception list for Adblock Plus, but flash is a click to run plugin.

So, maybe I'll be back to Firefox soon. Or maybe I'll be using Links again...

[Biscuit]

I've had this debate before.

My personal opinion is based on the nature of the internet. Content providers put up content, you can request to see as much or little of it as you wish. If you chose to download a html file you should not be forced to download all linked images, flash files and other associated files.

As soon as you do not have the freedom to chose what you do and do not receive then this is not the internet as I know.

Hexus is down on my exception list for Adblock Plus, but flash is a click to run plugin.

So, maybe I'll be back to Firefox soon. Or maybe I'll be using Links again...

My thoughts exactly. Pretty sure im going to shimmy back to firefox with ad and and script blocking, then work with a site by site exceptions basis. I like chrome but Im not loyal to it.

[Saracen]

Why is it any different to anywhere else?

If the ads were less annoying and in my face then I'd be more tempted to turn off ad-blocking but many of them are such a pain in the ass I won't. I turn it off on a few sites but only those with sensible ad policies and that I like to the point I would actually pay for them if there was an option to do so.

If Google block the Chrome add-ons I'll do it with a proxy. I'd rather pay a small fee for services and have them ad-free or less intrusive, I nearly always buy the paid version of an Android app just to get rid of the ads and have several times been annoyed when there isn't such an option and there is only a free ad-supported version to the point where I've found an alternative app. I don't expect a free lunch unlike most people - particularly those complaining about ads on a pirate site - that's some cheek right there, the world isn't there to make free stuff for you.

Pretty much exactly my view, except that I won't use Chrome in the first place. Google grab more data about me than I like anyway, and I'm damned if I'm providing them with a gold-plated opportunity to vampire up even more.

So, this doesn't affect me. But if it did, it would stop me using Chrome. I value the ability to block ad's far more than I value the ability to use a specific browser.