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Is AdBlock Plus needed to filter everything Proxo misses?
May. 07, 2009, 07:41 AM
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RE: Is AdBlock Plus needed to filter everything Proxo misses?
This is off the specific topic here, but don't we feel that blocking every ad is bad for the net, because many sites need ad revenue to survive and expand?
I mean, regardless of whether or not we buy something we see on an ad, don't sites often benefit financially by a site visitor simply clicking on a page and being presented with the ad? I suppose I'm talking about 'click-through' revenue, if such a thing does actually exist beyond in my mind.

If that is the case, how specifically can we setup Prox+Sidki to achieve such a balance between viewing most ads but still avoiding most tracking/profiling? (Probably still blocking overly invasive ads such as popups and popunders, Flash ads that jump out at you on mouseover, etc)
I do appreciate however that a certain amount of those two sides may not be seperable.
I already have a rough idea of how I think I/we could set up Sidki + Prox in such a way from asking something similar a year or so ago, but I'd like to check to be sure of the most preferable filter combination currently.

Thanks,
Lee

PS On this actual topic;
As I said a few months ago, I have Adblock Plus in circuit without a list enabled in it. I just use it to block the odd ad on the odd site because I find it easier to use than Prox. Currently however, I think I only have 2 specific entries in use.
I use a similar principle with NoScript, in that I keep it in circuit but 'allowing all' with the odd specific exception. Again, not many; only one currently I think, which I could actually do fairly similarly and easily with Prox.
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RE: Is AdBlock Plus needed to filter everything Proxo misses? - leecovuk - May. 07, 2009 07:41 AM

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