Third spruce tree on the left"An ad blocker is preventing this page from loading."
No, my #adblocker is preventing your #ADs from loading. The fact that the REST of your page refuses to load if the ads dont load, well that sounds like a YOU problem.
Pieter@tezoatlipoca As much as I hate ads, tracking, malvertising and websites trying to blame my adblocker... we are not entitled to free ad-free content.
We complain about paywalls. We complain about ads. And when websites that invest in high-quality journalism go out of business because they can't pay their staff, we complain that everything is AI slop and SEO spam nowadays.
The content industry is so weird.
Issi@superblox @tezoatlipoca Thanks, i was looking for that comment. Occasionally, I do allow ads as I see this as a way to pay for the content I am getting. Really depends what it is.
@Issi @tezoatlipoca I try to do it too with safe, high-quality sites I frequent. But some still don't show ads when I do that because I continue blocking tracking.
That's where I'm torn. On one hand, advertisers don't want to waste ad budget on inefficient untargeted advertising, or at least don't pay enough for it to be sustainable. On the other hand, I value my privacy and don't want ad companies to build a profile of me.
@superblox @tezoatlipoca it's a dilemma!