i was harsh.. i do in fact know some people who depend on ad revenue to keep servers running. but ads on the internet are generally out of control and i think its a huge bubble, even the ad revenue that my friends rely on is just garbage that i would never want anybody to click on...
anyway the main point stands - if you publish an ad blocker it should block ads.
suddenly a simple concept gets really complicated when there is an "application process" and set of "criteria" by which ads can be whitelisted -- who defines this criteria? is it always published? am i donating to a project that is actually commercially supported? etc
From the page you linked:
The actual acceptance rate is only 9.5 percent – there are a good amount of fake applications or communication breakdowns that account for this discrepancy.
anyway the main point stands - if you publish an ad blocker it should block ads.
suddenly a simple concept gets really complicated when there is an "application process" and set of "criteria" by which ads can be whitelisted -- who defines this criteria? is it always published? am i donating to a project that is actually commercially supported? etc
also was anybody else confused by this (from https://adblockplus.org/blog/acceptable-ads-by-the-numbers):
"Over 50 percent [of applicants] rejected because ads not acceptable.
In all, we accepted only 9.5 percent of applicants."
That math seems weird...