They provide value to the company providing the content. Many great sites are only possible thanks to advertising revenues. The world would be objectively worse-off if everyone used adblock.
But wouldn't it be great if the world didn't feel the need to use adblock?
Telling people not to use adblock is like telling people to not torrent, or to not bite their fingernails; it's too easy to do.
Instead, the core problem needs to be addressed: which is advertising seldom does anything except slowdown page/game loading times, cause privacy concerns or annoy/distract.
We're offering a solution which makes people want to opt-in more.
Telling people not to use adblock is like telling people to not torrent, or to not bite their fingernails; it's too easy to do.
Instead, the core problem needs to be addressed: which is advertising seldom does anything except slowdown page/game loading times, cause privacy concerns or annoy/distract.
We're offering a solution which makes people want to opt-in more.