Adblock as Fast As Possible
Techquickie
·Techquickie
·2016-05-06
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1,145 words · ~5 min read
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ad block it actually refers to a specific one of the many and now defunct
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online advertisement blocking browser extension called well ad block which was
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later forked to become the open source ad block plus which actually competes
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directly with a newer also called ad block browser extension which is not
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related although functionally very similar confusing hey with that out of
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the way what functionality do these extensions have basically Bally they
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ride shotgun as you browse the web and with the help of either manual input or
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the use of one of the many popular pre-done filter sets prevent you from
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seeing content you didn't intend by sitting between your browser and a given
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website and checking the source of an element or feature on a web page images
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for example or in a video stream and if it matches anything in the ad filter
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list it will simply not be displayed this has obvious benefits the user's
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page loads faster since unnecessary and sometimes inappropriate images are never
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downloaded obnoxious features like that thing where mousing over a word pops up
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a place to buy stuff can be ignored full
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page pop-ups that make you wait 5 Seconds to read an article can be
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skipped distracting junk on the page like seizure inducing animated banners
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or annoying random audio streams that are impossible to find in your sea of
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browser tabs can become a thing of the past if you're on a limited data plan
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blocking ads from being downloaded especially video ads can help you save
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on your monthly bill especially relevant to mobile users and in some cases ad
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blockers can even prevent particularly scumbag ads from stealthily opening new
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connections to your browser and actually following you around to spy on your web
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activities once you've left the site where you originally picked them up
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sounds great right where do I sign up well hold on a second this is actually a
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bigger decision than most people think it is and while I'm not going to give
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you some however will I feed my family so story since I'm obviously doing fine
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I'd like you to at least consider the other side of the coin here because
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that's what everything's about isn't it money the services you sign up for the
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banners or videos that you click on and even the ads that you see out of the
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corner of your eye those contribute to paying the server upkeep costs and the
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salaries of the people whose content you're consuming and by turning off ads
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you're deciding to not support the aforementioned content creator but lonus
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come on they're downloading crap to my computer or they have full volume audio
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ads I'm not listening to that and while traditional wisdom dictates that it's up
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to the content provider not the consumer to decide how much the content costs and
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in what manner that will be paid meaning that the proper way to vote with your
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wallet is actually to boycott the site outright and send a nasty letter I hear
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you that's a lot of work and most people aren't going to do that consumer
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expectations are changing which isn't an invitation to just block all of our ads
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in spite of our techsavvy audience Google AdSense on this channel
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contributed almost enough last year to pay the full-time salary of someone here
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at lonus Media Group that makes a huge impact on our company and thank you to
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everyone who lets them run it's just one of the reasons that you might have
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noticed clever content creators who understand the give and take
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relationship they have with their viewers are exploring other options
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that's your big decision that I alluded to before Nothing in life is free and if
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consumers decide they don't want to pay that way anymore the free ad supported
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internet Paradigm could be forever altered in fact it's happening already
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we are actually a great case study on the changes that are occurring right now
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and only time and continued experimentation which we're doing will
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determine what compromise ends up working best for the Creator and the
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audience here's a small example on the one hand we've got YouTube an ad
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supported platform we do enable ads but
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we don't enable the more lucrative but also more annoying unskippable pre-rolls
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at the beginning but then we counter with baked in sponsor spots at the end
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then on the other hand we are also experimenting with a paid model by
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putting our content behind a $3 per month membership pay wall for the first
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week that it's available on vessel.com but the benefit is that it's up there
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without any of the usual sponsor mentions at the end of the video that
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sound a little something like fresh books the online Accounting Service that
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lets freelance workers or small businesses take care of their business
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without spending all their time doing annoying paperwork it makes invoicing
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getting paid and tracking hours and expenses Easier by turning it into an
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online tool that you can have with you all the time it shows a full history of
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each invoice allows to check if your client has viewed the invoice and allows
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you to bill online you can update the freshbooks time sheet from anywhere and
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pull your project hours right into an invoice it just makes you feel like
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you're spending your time doing your work rather than spending your time
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chasing around getting paid for your work so try it out now you can hit up a
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free trial at the link in the video description that's freshbooks.com tequi
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so thanks for watching guys dislike if you dislike like if you liked subscribe
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if you're really liked um also if you're looking for something else to watch uh
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comment with video suggestions for other fastest posses you'd like to watch or
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check out this video we did recently I know I teased this a little while ago I
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kind of screwed up because it wasn't up yet but on our Channel Super Fun Channel
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we've got like a rubber band machine gun and like some people get pwned so uh you
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guys definitely want to click the little I in the top right corner and check that
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baby out I'll see you again next
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time unless all the ads that people are blocking put me out of business no I
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said I wouldn't do that