Web users turn to adblockers to speed up page load times,but the software is criticised for robbing publishers of vital revenue. If you block ads online, we’d like you to tell us whyEarlier this week culture secretary John Whittingdale described adblocking as a “protection racket” and a genuine danger to areas of the media who rely on advertising. The counter argument is that publishers and newspapers maintain created this problem themselves by trying to maximise profit from digital visitors with increasingly obnoxious ad formats and more intrusive ways of tracking who has seen them. Related: Adblocking is a 'contemporary-day protection racket', and says culture secretary Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com