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Free news sites step up pleas for consumers to disable adblocking software:
If your web browser has recently updated, or you've loaded some new browser extensions, you may be seeing a message when you visit certain free content sites.If your web browser has recently updated, or you've loaded some new browser extensions, you may be seeing a message when you visit certain free content sites.
"Please support journalism by allowing ads," one of the pop-up messages reads.
In the message, there is a large link that will disable the adblocker extension in your browser. There is a smaller link that will allow you to proceed to the site while continuing to block ads.
Dominic Chorafakis, with the cybersecurity consulting firm Akouto, says adblocking extensions aren't exactly new, but it's possible browsers have strengthened them in recent updates.
"Sites that rely on ad revenue, of course, don't like this at all, and there is quite a bit of effort being put in from their side to detect when a visitor has adblocking in place and either ask them politely to disable adblocking or outright prevent them from viewing their content unless they disable it," Chorafakis told ConsumerAffairs.
(Score: 5, Insightful) by progo on Wednesday December 23 2020, @01:50AM (2 children)
Sorry no, the news sites pissed me off first and they keep getting worse, with the ads when they are not blocked.
I'll never forget years ago when Leo LaPorte was demoing something on a TWIT TV show and suddenly said "Why is my anti-virus program telling me this Yahoo ad is trying to install malware?"
At that point I decided one of your Internet security layers is that you MUST block auctioned/networked ads; to allow ads is bad computer hygiene. This is NON-NEGOTIABLE.
(Score: 5, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 23 2020, @02:11AM
For a long time, I tried to convince a family member to add an ad blocker. Being someone who tries to sell their own content, they repeatedly refused. Until they were hit twice in 6 weeks or so from the New York Times. Two complete wipes and reinstalls. They didn't argue with me again after the second time.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by HiThere on Wednesday December 23 2020, @04:03AM
Well, FWIW I generally allow javascript that it credited to the site I'm visiting. If they don't trust the stuff enough to host it, I don't trust it enough to accept it.
Javascript is what you use to allow unknown third parties to run software you have no idea about on your computer.