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by Zarel 3946 days ago
It's unclear why the website would care, since you're clearly not a revenue source for them.
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Equally the user can't determine whether the site is of any value to them if they leave as soon as they see an advert. Some sites I go to are stores, who are trying to sell me stuff who also have auto playing adverts. Crazy but true.
I like what OkCupid does. If you have an ad blocker enabled, they explain in the space where an ad would normally be that while OkCupid is free, it runs on ad revenue, with a link to their donation page.
That's the purpose of this script (as I see it): Detect if an ad blocker is being used, and if so, display some custom message.
If ads are the entirety of your revenue, then you're probably not running a healthy business to begin with.
Said Google to the Facebook
LOL as if Google would last if they lost all their ad revenue.
I think parent's point was a play on "said the pot to the kettle". Neither business would be healthy if suddenly their ad revenue disappeared.
a hit has value no matter what they choose to see.