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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: 3, Insightful) by Runaway1956 on Wednesday December 23 2020, @04:17AM (4 children)
A lot of us know that. Speaking for myself, I hadn't looked at it from your angle. I don't see enough advertisements to form much of an opinion, but pharma is well represented in what I do see. +1 informative
Abortion is the number one killed of children in the United States.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 23 2020, @05:06AM
MSNBC tends to run 'financial' scam crap. "one of a kind silver coin, only minted for one month" sort of crap.
look no further than the advertisers to see what they really think of you.
(Score: 5, Informative) by MadTinfoilHatter on Wednesday December 23 2020, @06:50AM (1 child)
In the Nordic countries (possibly also other parts of Europe - not sure) they've solved this issue rather nicely. Pharmaceutical advertising is quite restricted. Prescription medication may only be advertised in publications aimed at those who prescribe it (i.e. medical professionals) and not to the general public. This also reduces the problem of morons demanding antibiotics for their virus-caused flu, which causes overconsumption of antibiotics, which causes antibiotic-resistant bacterial strains to pop up...
(Score: 2, Informative) by hemocyanin on Wednesday December 23 2020, @08:40AM
It wasn't ridiculous in the US until 1997 when the FDA made it easier to advertise directly to consumers too. Undoubtedly, the lobbying money or bribe laundering (speaking fees, book deals, conferences in Aruba, etc.) paid off handsomely for bigPharma.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct-to-consumer_advertising#United_States [wikipedia.org]
(Score: 2) by stormreaver on Wednesday December 23 2020, @02:30PM
Keep in mind that the vast majority of all mainstream media is owned by a small conglomeration of companies, all of which are controlled in large part by pharmaceutical companies. It's why you can see many seemingly disparate fake news sources (ABC, CBS, Fox, and others on TV; many more in print), scattered throughout the world, spewing the exact same pro-vaccine propaganda pieces, down to the word. And it's why they NEVER report on the billions of dollars paid out by U.S. taxpayers for the deaths and maimings caused by vaccines.