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[ PRIVACY Forum ] Seriously "stupide" - Major French ISP blocking Web
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Seriously "stupide" - Major French ISP blocking Web ads
http://j.mp/UiE4R4 (ars technica)
"Ad blocking hurts, seriously - Not surprisingly, many French sites are
not happy about the move, which doesn't have a whitelist option-it's
all or nothing. "Free is being totally irresponsible and threatens to
bring a violent blow to an entire segment of the digital economy!"
said Numrama. That site also reported that the block appears to affect
a number of large ad networks, including Google Adsense, NetAvenir,
and AdTech. Another French tech news site devoted to following
Free-Freenews-penned a blog post arguing how and why its readers
should disable this option. (Ars made a similar argument against ad
blocking back in 2010.)"
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An extremely hamfisted and counterproductive move. For more on why,
please see: "Blocking Web Ads -- And Paying the Piper" -
http://j.mp/8QLzYc (Lauren's Blog)
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