Ad Blockers Debate

Comments focus on the use of ad blockers for improving web browsing experience, reasons to enable or disable them, and websites' countermeasures like refusing content to ad blocker users.

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Sample Comments

eecc Oct 13, 2017 View on HN

Is it worth the hassle to disable ad-blockers?

ktRolster Jul 26, 2016 View on HN

Yet another reason to encourage ad-blocking.

ChartsNGraffs Jul 30, 2016 View on HN

I noticed a recent trend in sites that refuse to serve when running an ad-blocker. Is the web a usable experience for people who are running ad-blockers?

JDiculous Dec 2, 2018 View on HN

Why not just use an ad-blocker?

Zekio Mar 25, 2017 View on HN

Anti adblockers doesn't do anything but make people block more stuff or just find the same content in a different place

tiberius_p Dec 12, 2023 View on HN

This creates a legitimate reason to use an adblocker.

funkah Jan 20, 2012 View on HN

You use Adblock, yes? That's kinda the whole point.

dawnerd Dec 14, 2017 View on HN

A good reason to use at the very least adblock.

aw3c2 May 29, 2019 View on HN

There is no damage being done by ad blocking, please don't use such language.

eli Feb 3, 2018 View on HN

If people no longer feel the need to install a stronger ad blocker why is that bad?