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Originally Posted by Rich Z
That may be true. But since a lot of sites make their income from such ads, is blocking them really the best long term strategy for YOU if it causes the demise of those sites you like to frequent by cutting off their blood flow?
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After having my old computer crash several times, because I'd rather spend my money on mice and cornsnakes then upgrade (blow bucks on the latest techno gadget of the day) --so with what I already own, it is a workaround path which suits my needs. If there is a better long term strategy I am open to it, all I need is to know about it.
But here's the kicker. On some sites (this one, fauna, vettes), the link that generates residual income is still active.
The ad sponsored by google is invisible, and the adyield.com or whatever third party click thru -info harvesting -cookies dumping into my computer site- (the site where the URL of the flash ad is physically located at, which is not on google.com) -- that place cannot put tracking cookies in my computer. But the link still works. And you still get the residual income.
So okay, now the ad is invisible, I can't see it.
So the drawback is that while
I was never a clicker to follow the ads in the first place, having enough other things to toss money at, now, when I'm clicking on blank spaces, I'm opening more ads. But taking in fewer cookies to slow down my old computer.
It's almost like (or possibly
is) that Google Allows the App to be available, through Google, as if Google is in business to make money and that free App (AdBlock) will benefit them, too, somehow. Why else would they allow it to be available?
On the major socio network site, which owns all the ads and ad spaces and stuff, AdBlock totally blocks out everything, so there are no invisible links, no links at all, no tracking cookies etc.