Comments on: Anti-Firefox Loons Go Off Deep End

By: Mitch

Mitch — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 12:06:57 +0000

Yeah, the Web is going to evolve if these guys like it or not. Personally I just want a better ad system come up that would be more welcomed by both sides. Also – it's not like every single Firefox user is blocking ads. Many wouldn't know what the extension was even about.

So really, these guys are doing more advertising than hurting the orange and blue browser. :)

By: Alexanders Archive » Do You Have a Right to Block Ads?

Alexanders Archive » Do You Have a Right to Block Ads? — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 17:50:06 +0000

[...] thing from Ad Blocker Pro) are denied entry to a site talking about them. Ooooooo. A commenter on Anti-Firefox Loon Goes Off Deep End counters: This is stupid. First of all, it’s an extension, not a built-in feature, and there are [...]

By: Forrest Croce

Forrest Croce — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 05:47:32 +0000

There’s no copyright violation, and this is pretty similar to walking into the kitchen to get a snack when the commercials come on TV. I appreciate that some people look to income from web advertisements, but I think it’s a stretch to call this “stealing.”

By: Xeon

Xeon — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 20:33:46 +0000

I have only used Firefox for a little over one year but I comparison to IE it is far superior technology. The Ad blocker is just an added bonus to the already wonderful technology built into the program which is an Upgrade and Upgrade or Add-On is the key word here, as you stated the Anti-Ad program is nothing more than a selective part and not all users use it, there for it is selective. There are some sites that remove ads for selected users log in, one in particular that I use being RuneScape the MMORPG. But even being a member if I try to go to a non member part of the site I have to view these horrid ads, or rather had to until I discovered the Ad Blocker program. As Tyler mentioned it allows you to pick the sites that have blocked Ads and which do not so in my own opinion the companies can complain as much as they like but the really will never have a strong case against you.

~Xeon
(Gamer, Musician, Firefox User)

By: Ido Perelmutter

Ido Perelmutter — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 15:51:27 +0000

Hey take a look at this contra:
http://whyisfirefoxblocked.com/

By: TimmyBravo

TimmyBravo — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 10:10:23 +0000

User Agent Switcher FTW!

By: Mitch

Mitch — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 19:53:14 +0000

Like me Tyler? :)

By: Tyler

Tyler — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 19:21:01 +0000

ok, that is just plain stupid. I use Adblockplus, I admit, BUT, if I find a site that deserves to have ads up, I will allow adblock plus to not block ads on that site.
For example, if I am on a commercial site where ads are stuffed everywhere, yet the site is owned by a multi-media giant, which can probably pay for the site without ads, I WILL block ads on that site.
But lets say I find a personal site, with a few ads just to keep it up, or there are some ads on a open source organization site, which are primarily adsense ads, I will keep ads unblocked on that site.
It all depends on the situation.

By: Mitch

Mitch — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 17:54:52 +0000

True Greg, didn’t ever like that one either. I think folks should pick the one they want to use – and web sites should do their best to make everybody happy.

..but that shows you there are extremes on both sides.

By: gfox

gfox — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 17:40:24 +0000

And wasn’t there something similar for website owners detecting IE users and suggesting they upgrade to Firefox?

http://explorerdestroyer.com/

The reasons were different.

greg (FF user since early 1.X versions)