Ask Slashdot: Are AdBlock's Days Numbered? 731
An anonymous reader writes "This article discusses the ethics and the mechanics of ad-blocking software. Toward the end, it goes into some of the tech that's been built to circumvent ad blockers. Quoting: 'PageFair offers a free JavaScript program that, when inserted into a Web page, monitors ad blocking activity. CEO Sean Blanchfield says he developed the monitoring tool after he noticed a problem on his own multiplayer gaming site. PageFair collects statistics on ad blocking activity, identifies which users are blocking ads and can display an appeal to users to add the publisher's website to their ad-blocking tool's personal whitelist. But Blanchfield acknowledges that the user appeal approach hasn't been very effective. ClarityRay takes a more active role. Like PageFair, it provides a tool that lets publishers monitor blocking activity to show them that they have a problem — and then sells them a remedy. ClarityRay offers a service that CEO Ido Yablonka says fools ad blockers into allowing ads through. "Ad blockers try to make a distinction between content elements and advertorial elements. We make that distinction impossible," he says.' Is this arms race winnable? By which side?"
Prior art (Score:5, Funny)
Slashdot already makes distinction between content elements and advertorial elements impossible.
Re:That's cute (Score:3, Funny)
That's why I gots this Trace Buster BUSTER. See, when the mother-fucker tries to bust your trace with a trace buster. This mother-fucker is gonna bust the mother-fucking trace buster that's bustin' your...uh...trace!
Re:Prior art (Score:4, Funny)
Since when does Slashdot include content elements?
Haha! Suckers-- I'm using Mosiac! (Score:5, Funny)
Text view is the only thing that renders, mind you.
In single column. I scroll a lot.
Re:HOSTS file (Score:5, Funny)
Damnit - do NOT invoke that bastard!
Re:NoScript (Score:2, Funny)
Where is host file guy when you need him?
Re:NoScript (Score:5, Funny)
What bullshit. It's fucking 2014. If you want to roam the web in your happy Mosaic-1.0-land then go ahead.
I use gopher, you insensitive clod!
Re:NoScript (Score:3, Funny)
And yet here you are!