Adblocking - should it be banned?

[Arrowfoot]

Did you read the whole thread and the links?

Yes, I did. @Markymark summed it very well. The market will decide. Some politicians will come out with all kinds of drivel

 

[mjr]

They must get a right shock when people channel surf during the tv ads.

Or hit mute, start a 4 minute timer and browse cycle chat on their mobile

 

[mustang1]

That is the politicians' major trick.

I'm not sure if politicians are hugely clever to pull off such a trick or the public at large cannot see what is going on. I suspect a bit of both. As long as the politicians can convince 80% of the population, their job is done.

Agrees with @User.

 

[Nigel-YZ1]

First of all a ban could never be enforced. Secondly it's possible to put the ad carrier server names into the hosts file in windows and redirect them to nothing.
I did that for years before discovering adblockb plus.

We can't enforce a speed limit or mobile phone use. How can I be stopped from blocking ads?

 

[mjr]

[QUOTE 4186073, member: 259"]You mean some people still watch live TV? [/QUOTE]
Best way to watch bike races, then you can still post to the spoiler threads on here.

 

[captain nemo1701]

I would recommend this for general web surfing. I have it installed at home for general use. At work, it's not on the laptop so if I visit, say, the Bristol post website which is an awful poorly designed and heavy ad-laden load of tosh, my laptop freezes.

 

[Inertia]

On sites I like and use a lot I usually turn the blocker off, some sites however are a complete mess with adverts down the side and even in the middle of the article that make them hard to read.

I also use noscript as I dont like the fact that data is being sent to third parties who I have no knowledge of, I usually just enable scripts on the site I know.