# Adblock Plus, screw you! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 14, 2016, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adblock-plus-screw-you/765920 "2016-09-14T10:26:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Ruken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f475e1/32.png) [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2016, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adblock-plus-screw-you/765920/41 "2016-09-19T12:48:06Z")
If the SDMB or any site offers to take responsibility for malware served by advertisements on their site, I’m happy view their advertisements. $200 per incident sounds reasonable. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2016, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adblock-plus-screw-you/765920/42 "2016-09-19T14:21:14Z")
> [@coremelt](#): > > You’ve been here since 2006 and made 14,000 posts. Obviously you enjoy the straightdope. IMO anyone who runs an adblocker to visit this site should either pay and become a member, complain to the admin about the intrusive ads or stop visiting the website. The straightdope gets over 2 million visits a month, that’s a significant hosting cost, and they have no obligation to provide it to you for free (actually it’s worse than that, if you visit using an adblocker you are costing them money by using their bandwidth). 3 malware infections $150/hr for 3 hours. SD owes me $1350 Oh as for “complain to the manager”, SD doesn’t give a f@&k about the malware that they are the conduit for. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2016, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adblock-plus-screw-you/765920/43 "2016-09-19T17:33:51Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > I wouldn’t enjoy it without an adblocker. You’re right, they have no obligation to provide their content for free, but as long as they do, I don’t have to pay them. Fortunately, I’m **free** to disregard your opinion, as well. Worth it at twice the cost! Hell, I’d _pay_ to disregard **coremelt**. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![mind\_the\_gap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ea666f/32.png) [@mind\_the\_gap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mind_the_gap)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2016, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adblock-plus-screw-you/765920/44 "2016-09-19T20:19:29Z")
So I installed Ublock Origin from the Chrome Store on my Toshiba laptop running Vista. Works great, though now Salon doesn’t load any pictures on its home page except the leader. No big loss. I’d like to put it on my tablet, which runs Android Lollipop 5.1, but can’t figure out how. Ublock Origin’s site has extensive instructions for loading on different systems but they don’t seem to be relevant to Android touch screen devices. Any advice? ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2016, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adblock-plus-screw-you/765920/45 "2016-09-19T21:23:50Z")
Just read through this and Thank You for making me aware of it. I’ve swapped over and will be doing the same with my home computers… ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2016, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adblock-plus-screw-you/765920/46 "2016-09-19T21:31:43Z")
> [@mind\_the\_gap](#): > > So I installed Ublock Origin from the Chrome Store on my Toshiba laptop running Vista. Works great, though now Salon doesn’t load any pictures on its home page except the leader. No big loss. > I’d like to put it on my tablet, which runs Android Lollipop 5.1, but can’t figure out how. Ublock Origin’s site has extensive instructions for loading on different systems but they don’t seem to be relevant to Android touch screen devices. Any advice? According to **voltaire** , there’s a plugin for Firefox on Android. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2016, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adblock-plus-screw-you/765920/47 "2016-09-20T00:21:56Z")
> [@coremelt](#): > > I’m sure I will get some hate for this, but on the regular sites I go to I’ve never found ads to be that intrusive. Really if you use an adblocker you’re a leech. If you don’t want to see ads then pay for a no ads subscription on websites that have one (eg the straight dope). > > Why do you think a large part of the internet should provide you with content or services for free? What happens to many many good websites when 80 percent of people or more run adblockers? If those “many many good websites” keep infecting peoples’ computers with malware, then fuck 'em. My last computer was destroyed by adware. Until they stop that kind of shit, I’ll continue to be a leech. And people have been complaining about the ads here for years. It hasn’t done any good. Besides, new people who come to the site most likely won’t want to stick around – who’s gonna want to pay before checking this place for a bit? I don’t even link to this place anymore, because I don’t want to risk infecting peoples’ computers. Costing THEM money? If they’re going to infect my computer, they don’t deserve my money. ---
**Author:** ![Fair\_Rarity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fair_rarity/32/153_2.png) [@Fair\_Rarity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fair_Rarity)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2016, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adblock-plus-screw-you/765920/48 "2016-09-20T01:18:02Z")
Personally, I don’t mind seeing a few TASTEFUL, SAFE ads, so I’m not going to replace AdBlock quite yet. I’ll give it a chance. I run noscript too and try to be careful. HOWEVER, I think it was a crappy decision on their part. It seems shortsighted and I would think one thing you wouldn’t want to do is alienate your userbase. ---
**Author:** ![Mtgman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Mtgman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mtgman)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2016, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adblock-plus-screw-you/765920/49 "2016-09-20T15:37:47Z")
So far in my experience it’s been the worst of the worst that AdBlock is now letting through. The fake scammers saying your computer is infected and you have to click their ad to clean it, porn, and loud pop-under ads that I have to switch windows to make stop. I’ll be dropping ABP and switching ASAP. Enjoy, Steven ---
**Author:** ![ultimate11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/49beb7/32.png) [@ultimate11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultimate11)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2016, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adblock-plus-screw-you/765920/50 "2016-09-20T17:22:57Z")
> [@mind\_the\_gap](#): > > So I installed Ublock Origin from the Chrome Store on my Toshiba laptop running Vista. Works great, though now Salon doesn’t load any pictures on its home page except the leader. No big loss. > I’d like to put it on my tablet, which runs Android Lollipop 5.1, but can’t figure out how. Ublock Origin’s site has extensive instructions for loading on different systems but they don’t seem to be relevant to Android touch screen devices. Any advice? If you have Mozilla Firefox for Android, you can get the extension to work on the tablet device. At least, that’s what the Firefox extensions page for android says for uBlock Origin…I don’t have Android (both phone (if it works?) and tablet), I’ve only had a Microsoft Windows laptop and a iPhone 6s. And a flip phone. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adblock-plus-screw-you/765920.md?page=2)