Topic

Ad blocking

23 mentions in 10 episodes

Also known as YouTube ad blocking, Browser ad blocking, Online ad blocking

The hosts discuss how browser extension changes may limit traditional ad blockers.

Mentions

752: Grandma Got Run Over By a Tesla

  • 54:36

    the end of many traditional ad blockers in Chrome

  • 54:59

    changes limit how effectively ad blockers can filter web traffic

626: Slammer Cast

  • 18:19

    there's a JavaScript that is checking to see if you're using an ad blocker

  • 18:55

    the war against ad blockers is making sure that you can't watch your video quickly

625: If I Only Had a Brain

  • 41:58

    thousands of people are uninstalling ad blockers

  • 43:25

    ad blocker detection system is a violation of privacy

213: A Pinch of Wrath

  • 26:53

    Chrome is going to be coming out with its own ad blocking.

  • 30:39

    not allowing any video to autoplay

172: No Wood for Vader

  • 26:28

    they're trying to bypass your ad blocker

  • 26:56

    Ad block plus has already defeated Facebook's new ad blocking restrictions.

  • 27:55

    it was over 10,000 cause it was just sitting there ... blocking

150: The Truth is On Hiatus

  • 43:17

    when you talked about turning off ad blockers to support sites

  • 44:56

    for sites that, you know, are getting money and are legit from you, turn it off

128: Demand your Replicator

  • 28:05

    It's about the tracking the ad networks are doing and the technical load it adds to the pages.

  • 29:21

    they're letting plugins manipulate the DOM

  • 30:40

    I'm still focused on the bigger picture and the what happens after, which is no revenue for the sites.

  • 32:25

    We got some more comments on grumpy old geeks.com about ad blockers.

127: Give Me Porn, or Give Me Death

  • 22:15

    iOS nine and Safari ad blocking is coming big time.

  • 22:55

    The only way that anybody ever gets paid at all is ads.

125: Brony Madison

  • 29:29

    Howard Stern has just found the ad blocking plugins

  • 29:53

    Chrome will freeze flash add-ons on site on September one

88: I Want My Four Dollars!

  • 33:14

    Some French publishers ... are basically suing the ad blocking software companies.

  • 33:50

    That is the only reason I run ad block software.