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What do you do about sites that sense your adblocker?

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ElFenix said:
Server companies that don't apply published security patches should be prosecuted.
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Security patches are a good thing, but you can't patch the inherent insecurity of an ad network that gives obscure layers of affiliates scattered around the world the ability to pipe javascript into a page. I sympathize with publishers who are trying to find a new model, but cannibalizing your brand and your readers' security in pursuit of click fees is not going to be the thing that fixes their problems. It just makes more problems for everyone.
 
^^

ElFenix said:
You don't want to look at their shit so why should they want you to look at their shit?
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Plus companies that cause adversarial relationships with their customers tend to not do well. I realize that I am not a "customer" since I'm not feeding their ad revenue, but I'm still a consumer that can generate word of mouth for them (something news sites whore themselves out for) and if they're consistently good and don't use annoying advertising then there's a real chance that I'll whitelist them and contribute directly as well as indirectly. Maybe they don't think the indirect benefits justify the cost of serving my browser requests, but I don't think the risk of alienating a large percentage of readers is worth it.
 
Unless they are going to accept malware liability for their ads (as if they would, anytime soon), that adblocker is staying on. If it is some obvious shitty site like Forbes or some other clickbait regurgitator I'm not even going to visit in the first place.

The ironic thing about Internet ads is in their quest of greed they simply didn't care about malware which gave us the perfect excuse to shut them down.
 
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In Chrome: Tampermonkey and AakSript (Anti-Adblock Killer).

Another thing I've found is that if you whitelist a site like that in Adblock, you can often use Stylish (user defined CSS) to simply hide all the of blocks in which ads appear. I don't know if they still download or not, and don't really care. I've gotten to where I use Stylish for everything these days, though. If I don't like the font color or face in a forum, I spend a couple minutes fixing it.
 
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Where's the fun in that?

The most recent site to do this that I've used for years is AllMusic.com. No, there's no need to go somewhere else. It's just a little software, so it can be countered with a little software on your end. You don't even have to get your hands very dirty.

One nice thing about the reek AakScript is that it's constantly being updated with new workarounds for new sites.
 
I find it slightly funny that I use a host file-based ad block, and websites tell me to turn my ad blocker off. Lol.
 
Some sites use a simple javascript file to do the detection.
".../adblockdetect.js."
Use Adblock to block that.
Problem gone.


Or like others have done here, stop using that site and find others.

If you're going to serve up ads that are flashing, talking, are otherwise excessively distracting like an attention-starved 2-year-old, pop-up or pop-under other windows or tabs, consume excessive bandwidth and slow the page to a crawl, or outright install programs without your knowledge, then you don't seem to want people using your site anyway.
 
Carson Dyle said:
In Chrome: Tampermonkey and AakSript (Anti-Adblock Killer).

Another thing I've found is that if you whitelist a site like that in Adblock, you can often use Stylish (user defined CSS) to simply hide all the of blocks in which ads appear. I don't know if they still download or not, and don't really care. I've gotten to where I use Stylish for everything these days, though. If I don't like the font color or face in a forum, I spend a couple minutes fixing it.
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Thanks for the link. Installed greasemonkey and added the script. However I tried going to BOINCstats which has had the detection for a couple of years now and the notice still appears.

http://boincstats.com/
 
Mayne said:
ya I got the dumb banner up top. But it in no way blocked access to any info they put out.
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True, but it's always been like that. The main downside is that it takes up screen space and because of how it's written, you can use adblock's element hiding helper to get rid of it - at least I haven't been able to do it.
 
Charmonium said:
True, but it's always been like that. The main downside is that it takes up screen space and because of how it's written, you can use adblock's element hiding helper to get rid of it - at least I haven't been able to do it.
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My face is 30 inches away from a 60" monitor.
 
On a 15" laptop, your damn right any ad whatsoever takes up visual space. I don't fall for ads, I'm not gullible, I look for the info I came for, if it's hard to see or find, I go elsewhere and stay elsewhere so ads really serve no purpose for someone like me. It just means they wasted money paying someone to have it up on their site.
 
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