Asking people to turn off ad blockers

[Shawn Gossman]

There are many ad blockers out there. These tools will hide most ads from websites.

There is also technology that allows website owners to detect ad blockers.

If you were able to detect ad blockers being used by members, could you ever ask them not to enable ad blockers on your forum?

If yes, how do you justify it?

If no, why not?

 

[AWS]

If they use ad blockers that's fine. I use one. If I come across a site that tells me to turn mine off I leave the site. What I seek can be found elsewhere.

 

[Cpvr]

I don’t mind if users use an ad blocker as I use one too. If a site asks me to remove it, I’ll use the brave browser as the feature is very annoying.

Especially the take over ad block message that returns multiple times.

 

[Shawn Gossman]

I've always thought a site asking you to turn off ads is intrusive. It feels like they're spying on you.

Even though I spy on people for a living LOL (hey! we do have signs about it) I want some kind of privacy when browsing these forums.