Dan GoodinDear readers. If you're not willing to support the families of those you want to read then we regretfully will be preventing you from obtaining our work for free.
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Christian Huitema@dangoodin I understand the feeling. The problem is that people are blocking ads for safety and privacy reasons, not just because they are stingy. The only alternative then is paying a subscription, which does not scale very well. I do that for several publishers, including yours, but I don't want to manage more than maybe 10. I wish there was some kind of syndication. Or maybe ads that don't carry scripts and trackers.
Émilio Gonzalez@huitema @dangoodin I'm pretty sure the vast majority use adblockers to block ads and that privacy and safety is not a concern. I feel this reason is very niche in the adblock userbase
Dave@res260 @huitema @dangoodin Privacy and safety are the entire reason I use blockers. Block trackers with something like PrivacyBadger and you'll see that it isn't about serving ads, but collecting your personal information and tracking you across all of your devices. I'd have a tiny bit of respect for them if they would just own up and say something like "If you want to access our site, you need to let us collect your personal information and sell your data."
@zornslemmon @huitema @dangoodin I understand and I use adblockers for this reason as well. My point is that we are the minority and the vast majority of users don't care about that, so this messaging probably make some people disable their adblocker to get access to the content. Even I sometimes do that even if I'm aware of the consequences
David J. Atkinson@zornslemmon @res260 @huitema @dangoodin Same. I block trackers and advertising with trackers using Pi-Hole on my home network. It blocks between 5,000 and 8,000 PER DAY. Nevertheless , because of database hacks at companies I (formerly) patronized, my personal info is out there and for sale. My identity has been stolen twice in the last six months! So, I will absolutely not tolerate advertising or trackers and if a URL gets on one of my blocklists, then bye-bye. AND, I tell others. Lots of people.