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According to a report from AdAge, every single network drama that aired on Tuesday night experienced a double-digit decline in ratings. And aside from a decent showing from The Muppets, the report relays that there have been few bright spots to the start of this year's fall TV lineup.
[...] All told, cumulative viewership during "Premiere Week", as it's called, is down 8% compared to the same period a year-ago. More worrisome for TV networks is that viewership from the highly sought-after 18-24 demographic is down 20% year over year, with male viewership within that demographic falling by 24%.
Males in the 18-24 demographic are the most coveted in advertising because that's when studies show brand preferences are formed. 24% is a catastrophic decline for TV.
(Score: 5, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 27 2015, @12:51PM
And yet they'll continue to ignore the actual reasons causing people to want to axe their connections in favor of alternatives as they try to find things to blame. From excessive advertising breaks to high monthly package costs to a simple lack of quality in the eyes of some people...
(Score: 2) by Subsentient on Sunday September 27 2015, @12:57PM
I'm running into sites where adblock doesn't work anymore, on any of my machines. Expect that hell to follow us to the internet.
"It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society." -Jiddu Krishnamurti
(Score: 2) by stormreaver on Sunday September 27 2015, @01:06PM
I'm running into sites where adblock doesn't work anymore
Adblock has become corrupt, as it now accepts payment from advertisers to bypass blocking. NoScript is much better.
(Score: 4, Informative) by Techwolf on Sunday September 27 2015, @04:34PM
AdBlock does not. But Adblock Plus (a seperate company and product) does this.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AdBlock [wikipedia.org]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adblock_Plus [wikipedia.org]
(Score: 2) by Tork on Sunday September 27 2015, @05:56PM
Slashdolt Logic: "25 year old jokes about sharks and lasers are +5, Funny." 💩
(Score: 2) by stormreaver on Sunday September 27 2015, @06:01PM
Sure enough, I got the two confused.
(Score: 2) by NotSanguine on Sunday September 27 2015, @09:47PM
AdBlock does not. But Adblock Plus (a seperate company and product) does this.
" rel="url2html-3543">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AdBlock
" rel="url2html-3543">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adblock_Plus
What you say is true. AdBlockPlus Does have a whitelist for "acceptable" ads [adblockplus.org] (N.B., I don't consider *any* ads to be acceptable -- That's ABP's term), however it is easily disabled with a check box. Which is mentioned in the Wikipedia link [wikipedia.org] you posted.
As such, unless you're allergic to checkboxes, it's not a big deal, IMHO.
P.S. It's "separate" not "seperate [wiktionary.org]"
No, no, you're not thinking; you're just being logical. --Niels Bohr
(Score: 2) by kadal on Sunday September 27 2015, @01:07PM
Try bluhell firewall. Hosts file is an option too
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 27 2015, @09:48PM
Hosts file is an option too
APK, is that you?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 27 2015, @11:51PM
If it is APK, you don't need to ask.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Sunday September 27 2015, @01:22PM
NoScript
CanvasBlocker
Privacy Badger
Request Policy
uBlock
FlashBlock
VPN
You may object that it's redundant, but it works.
I see almost no advertising at all. The advertising that is hosted onsite usually shows up, but there is so little of it.
I will note that Amazon appears to be able to see where I go, and to know some of my interests. A recent search on duckduckgo somehow generated an email from Amazon, advertising almost exactly what I searched for. Which seems odd, because Amazon's marketing has almost always been very off-target. Prenatal vitamins for a male, in his late 50's? Come on, that is so VERY off-target!
And, of course, if the site doesn't work unless/until I disable my addons, I just move on, to better content hosted elsewhere. Not only did they lose an advertising opportunity, but they lost some unquantified page views, which ultimately hurts their ability to sell advertising.
Abortion is the number one killed of children in the United States.
(Score: 2) by Lagg on Sunday September 27 2015, @02:44PM
Try using ublock origin (not in conjunction with AB). It seems a bit leaner than AB[P] and the list customization is insane. It also seems like it's better in general at blocking on the socket level. Which is a little weird.
http://lagg.me [lagg.me] 🗿
(Score: 3, Informative) by Justin Case on Sunday September 27 2015, @05:15PM
Another vote for NoScript. In one easy package you also get
No ads (well almost none)
No malware
No auto play videos
No popups, popunders, side scrollers, page covering crap etc.
A heckuva lot less tracking
Much faster page loads
And at no extra charge...
A quick way to recognize web sites designed by incompetents (which would be most of them).
(Score: 2) by darkfeline on Sunday September 27 2015, @07:26PM
Can you link to one? Perhaps it is because you aren't using a "modern" blocker like uBlock and are using an older blocker or hosts file?
It's impossible to stop ad blocking because you can't control the client. Worst comes to worst, they start distributing their websites with the ads instead of the other way around, blockers will use randomized profiles to fetch the page, discard the ads, and display the content.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 27 2015, @08:04PM
Advertising sites are using the Vimeo model to stifle Flashblock. There are ads that load, but have multiple play buttons sitting over them. They do it with overlays.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 28 2015, @04:11AM
Privoxy works in addition to other suggestions you've gotten.
(Score: 3, Informative) by mcgrew on Monday September 28 2015, @03:48PM
Indeed. When cable first started it was great - local channels had no show, static, or ghosting. Almost all of the dozen cable networks ranged from good to excellent, had no advertising, wasn't censored, and it was only ten bucks, and that included HBO.
Now, with digital TV an antenna gives as good or better sound and picture than cable. Meanwhile the content of cable channels has declined badly. MTV had rock and roll, now they have no music and the programming is moronic. Discovery has gone from science to "trick my truck", and so on. There are hundreds of channels now, almost none of which I'd actually watch, all are chock full of ads, even while the content is playing, and they want a hundred bucks for it.
I haven't had cable for a decade and can't figure out why anyone has it any more.
Plus, the internet gives us even more shows.
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