What do you think of the AdBlock Campaign?

I think something like this was bound to happen eventually.

I'm not sure how he plans to get a billboard on times square from people who sell advertising space for a living though.

I don't understand this campaign. Why should i care that someone doesn't know that ads can be blocked and why the hell should i pay for it?

Funny thing: you just helped their cause. If it wasn't for you, I wouldn't even know about this campaign. That said, I don't use any adblocker and am certainly not gonna pay for an US only ad-campaign.

AdBlock + NoScipt is awesome but people need to learn to turn them off on sites they trust. The campaign is really unneccessary. I think AdBlock / NoScript usage is growing already, I know I recommend it to everyone every time I hear someone talk about Ads or Spyware.

Ads can be really annoying, and for people with very limited bandwidth, it can take up a chunk of their monthly usage and that sucks real hard. In two months I'll upgrade to unlimited bandwidth and I could just let the ads run all day for twitch streamers if I want to, but until then I'm really looking for my bandwidth to get used properly.

He needs to promote his dual screen app. (and this comment is helping him)

Greedy bastard. I don't like ads, but they're essential for people who set up their own sites. Normal people who want their own site need some sort of income from them.
I thought Adblock was set up from a moral point of view, but obviously not since he's prepared to peddle his shit on Times Square. It's all a bit ironic. And if you back it, you can get your own sticker or t-shirt advertising Adblock.

Remember: Adblock != Adblock Plus. They're made by different people.

I use adblock to keep malware or other bad thingies away.
I am not going to donate though.

Ads are cancer to sites IMO.

Learn to make money in other ways, sell crap if you need to, just keep your computer std's away.

If you're so concerned with Websites getting Ad money, just Whitelist said websites.

If you like it, SUPPORT it. Otherwise, I don't want any Ad/Spyware and otherwise malicious software installed on my computer.

That is all.

I'm for it since most sites abuse ads. It was not needed to encourage a 30 second wait for each video on youtube, the pop up was fine. However, what happened is youtube started to allow it and sometimes wont even let you skip the ad. Likewise, I'm not interested in ads that make loud obnoxious noises or really huge pictures that change shape and sizes in order to trick you to click on it by accident. I also do not care for ads that say lies like "ZOMG YOU WON!" or "Click here to download."

If they were to stop abusing ads like that, I probably would have never installed ad block. Since most websites I go to do have abusive ads, I would rather let them go broke. Besides, adblock encourages people to use their imagination in how to make money. Merchandise is a good start for many. I'll never understand why sites like youtube do not have their own market store that encourages youtube partners to make merchandise. It would allow youtube to do all the dirty work while the partners still get an easy way to make money with no effort. I'm no expert, but I know for a fact ads and "premium" services are not the only way to make money.

I don't mind ads if theyre on the side of the site and don't blink like crazy or start to play unwanted sounds or like most of them interrupt you from what you want to do on this site. Some most obnoxious ads even COMBINE all of above and if you want to close them they just open a thousands of ad pages... Fuck this, adblock forever.

Yeah, lets just ruin any site out there that needs ads. The entire Internet will just fund itself from the generosity of people and magical money trees.

"We will literally change the entire Internet" from the video really means they'll ruin the Internet and every website will cease to function or operate on a subscription basis. If there were no ads, there'd be no free TV, no free radio and certainly no free Internet. That is not something I want to be a part of. I'd give to something to actively run this into the ground.

FireFox + AdBlockPlus = Problem?

There are a few principles I have which are relevant to this subject:

1) If someone wants to advertise their product, they should be free to do so.
2) If someone wants to rent space to advertisers, they should be free to do so.
3) If someone wants to avoid being bombarded by ads they did not ask for, they should be free to do so.

Basically, when people's freedom to choose is taken away, and they are oppressed by the actions of others, I find it offensive.

AdBlock FTW!!!

Stupidest action in 2013.

Wow, I see so many people concerned about somebody else..To bad that is not true in real life

Yeah! Everyone knows that Nicolas Cage pays them well for all their one-click work. So why the hell do they want more? The golden unicorn coins aren't suddenly enough so they have to spam us with ads?! It's time to fight back! AdCock ftw!

But, seriously. Seriously!? Those people provide you information the way you like it, gives you professional knowledge, provides you community hubs and forums, and yet, they don't want any money from you. You just pay them by a little of your attention. Still, people don’t like it...

I agree that there are disgusting ways of serving ads, on the basis of the content as well as the way they're being served to you. But why do you punish the content creators for it? Punish the brand that pissed you off and never buy their product again! The marketers push these ads, not the content creators. But yes, there’re certain cases where the site itself messes it up – typically porn sites, flash games, warez and download sites. They’re usually using the discounting popups and ads like “you won a sex slave!”, etc. If you don’t like it, just don’t use those sites. Or you still need them? Well… Block ads only on those certain sites. It’s not the ideal way, but hey, much better than punishing all the content creators and content providers you like and want to support.

So how to block ads only on certain sites that went with the ads too far? That’s easy, go to your adblock settings and make a custom filter with a rule like this:

@@*$document,domain=~gameminer.net|~playblink.com

I click the ads on SteamGifts almost every other day, is that bad? :P

Love AdBlock, but the whole campaign idea seems rather silly.

My problem with the ads is I can't trust the ad servers to screen their ads to stop malicious ones from dropping malware on my system. As a computer tech, I've seen so many people get infected by a malicious ad banner, and I've seen a few try to get by me, some even on local news web sites, that I'd rather turn them all off and only selectively turn them on. NoScript and AdBlock are almost necessary to stop infections from normal web browsing nowadays. Here in Alaska a few years ago, I saw an outbreak of ransomware on computers brought to me from people browsing the Anchorage Daily News web site to find out what the Permanent Fund Dividend check that year would total. They had a malicious ad banner in the rotation their ad provider was posting. If the ad providers aren't going to be responsible about their screening, I'm not going to allow them. Also, many ads are invasive and fill a large area of the screen, so something like AdBlock, that removes them and fills the site in where the ad would be makes it so I'm not trying to work around the giant ads.

I think this campaign will make more sites block AdBlock users.

adblock wouldn't exist if the internet didn't go too far with advertising. I use it and I know it's really bad for some of the sites out there, but I'm not turning it off just to get bombarded with ads that ruin my experience.

Uhm, dunno, I don't use AdBlock. :|
But the creator of the ad block I use, did never ask me so intrusive about money. oö