So is this legit or just a meme?

So is this legit or just a meme?

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It's not allowed on the google app store but you can manually install it, it's not that big a deal

Yes.

Whether it's retarded or not, it's a legitimate addon, and the only reason it's being blocked is because google and other big ad networks are understandably upset. The excuse of "malware" is repeated now and then, but that's completely unsubstantiated.

That being said it does load in ads so it may slow down page loads if you're on a shitty connection

Well, let's say there's a company you dislike and they sell products named A through Z. What would be more effective: not buying anything from them or buying all their products so they can't know which one you bought the most?

here's MUH AD VAULT

Does this actually achieve anything?

Basically, it downloads ALL of the ads you come across and then hides them.
You don't actually know if the "automated clicking" is doing anything to fuck their data up, so don't bother.

Assuming all their products are free (as in, you don't pay anything at all to buy them) and they make all their money from analysing which one you bought the most, then the second strategy is obviously superior.

if a lot of people start using it, is going to fuck things harded, i hope the add bubble just burst already

Obviously it does

Isn't that like upvoting all posts on Reddit? It gives everyone +1 so in the end it has no effect.

looks like it does since everyone is getting real butthurt about it

If reddit's profits depended on datamining upvote patterns, then it would actually have an effect.

>"It's just a placebo Sup Forumsoy"

Oh wow, bring down ads so they're forced to change the way they get paid for websites. They'll just move to charging you to visit sites. I can't fucking wait until you have to subscribe to each website separately before accessing it!
Fuck off with your malware addon. It's malicious to the user and the future of internet. Nor will it achieve anything once they fight against it with more aggressive ads and DRM.

You will at best temporarily harm Google's revenue and this is only if you get millions of users on it. After a year or two they'll find a way around it which will be worse than ads.

OP here, a bit of my concern is that its run by two members of the tribe

any reason to use adnauseum over ublock origin?

It's pretty fucking funny nigger

>They'll just move to charging you to visit sites
good, that way I will clearly be able to see which sites aren't worth my time or view so I can ignore them instantly

No. uBlock Origin uses less system resources and performs better, and also doesn't click on ads in background and connect to potentially malicious sites. Adnauseum is literal malware.

Are you being compensated for using it? If not, then it's a scam. Surely something this valuable would be providing us with compensation, if not, who is actually getting the money?

hmmmmmmmmm

ITT Neets who want to fight for freedom by destroying what makes the internet free

Enjoy paying money to view webpages, idiots

funny how the Internet worked in the past without ads

I don't mind ads.
I just don't want "tailored" and "customized" ads.

>who is getting the money
What money? What the fuck are you talking about? How is this "something this valuable"?

is a legitimate concern. You're not.

if one person +1s everything it does nothing. if everyone +1s everything then reddit stops working. the front page would contain the most recent posts since all posts would have the same score. quality would go down (is it even possible?) and people would leave the network.

Some anons and their fucking defeatist attitude. If they evolve we evolve. Stagnant faggots like you are a cancer on society as a whole.
>things are bearable right now so leave it be
>trying to fix anything will just make them find out another way to fuck us
You are worse than a normie. At least they don't know any better. Get your shit together user. No matter what we are all going to make it but we have to keep moving forward.

It's "ruining" a ~2bn industry (if the jews are to be believed), the ads are still clicked, our resources are still being used to accomplish it.
So again, I ask. Who gets the compensation? Even brave at this point has a plan to compensate users for viewing ads.

My concern is just as legitimate.

(((they))) aren't monolithic
there could be competitive reasons at play
pay close attention to their actions

How the fuck do I install any of this shit in Nightly? It's the only usable version of firefox for me, due to the latest performance updates

I dont get money for clicking ads as usual. The businesses who take out ads are getting faulty data and thus the purpose of their adspace purchase is defeated hence they request refunds from google who sold then the adspace. This isn't hard to understand.

>storm a factory producing something evil to stop the production of this something evil, tearing it down
>"You're ruining the evil-production industry! And you're using your own resources to accomplish it! Who gets the compensation?"

Um, nobody? In the example above the "compensation" would be the cessation of production of the evil stuff. In our case, the "compensation" is fucking up google.
Niether the manufacturers of the tools used to tear down the factory, nor the creators of this addon, need receive any compensation of their own either.

What am I missing?

nothing suspicious here goys

>not using Iridium

ITT Ungrateful NEETs who think they should get everything without giving anything in return.

You view ads to get content. It's an exchange. If websites can't serve ads then they will charge you to view the website and that's going to ruin the internet. Most people will pay for it too, just you jobless faggots will be left in the dust.

If you want shit you have to pay somehow. You don't pay anything by viewing ads but still create revenue for the website owners.

TL;DR Ads allow you NEETs to stay on the internet. Be fucking grateful.

PS: If you use AdNauseum you're a fucking cancer to society.

come and do something about it, redditman. Or are you just going to sit here and whine?

I pay for internet, $40/mo.
I'm not paying a penny more to be entertained while on said internet.
I also paid for my own computer and router and I decide what packets get to come through, and I don't want to see any ads on my machine in my hours of leisure when I'm already bombarded with this shit outdoors.

The only thing I can do is ask for you idiots to stop being idiots.

You're paying for a cable service from your ISP for $40/mo to be able to connect with other computers. Those other computers spend resources to serve you with content and you give nothing in return. This is being ungrateful.

If you hate Jewgle, then it's legit.

I don't care, that's their problem.
Stop trying to defend the predatory practices of the advertising industry.

>I don't care, that's their problem.
Further proves my point that you're a selfish piece of shit.

you're really not persuading anyone, keep getting upset as much as you like

Of course I'm not persuading (You). (You) have the intelligence quotient of a brick wall.

There were 10 times less users on it, and it also had ads. If you're talking about the very early days then there were 100 times less users and content/websites weren't so bloated and didn't consume as much space. You have shit web devs and software devs to blame for this, and people who push meme media resolutions (like 4K now). The ad companies have always existed and will always exist.

>things are bearable
You can always use uBlock Origin. No ads will be displayed to you and thus tracking you only wastes Google's resources for no results. With uMatrix you also get rid of tracking.

You pay that money to ISPs, not to website hosts nor website devs. I agree ISPs should be banned and are unnecessary, but only then should you pay for accessing websites. If you do this retardation now websites will be pay only AND you'll have to pay your ISP on top of that.

Fuck you and those who think like you

If ads weren't intrusive, page-load heavy or deceptive, I seriously would not block them. I whitelist that have ads that are not all those things I just listed. But 99% of them suck. So I block them, bitch.

No. Fuck (YOU) and those who think like you. You'll fuck up the free internet. I bet you're against net neutrality too.

the Internet is already lost, it's become a bloated abomination
hope it fucking dies

Seriously, what's wrong with ads?

Yes, data collection and tracking without the users consent is bad, and is alright to fight against. But what alternative is there to supporting websites other than seeing adds, paying subscriptions or donations? And we all know that the third option isn't viable.

Fuck you
The moment facebook and other normie sites ask for a monthly subscription of even as little as $1 they will die and the sooner that happens the better

Who cares about supporting websites?

>And we all know that the third option isn't viable.

It definitely is for websites with a dedicated user base. These also tend to be 'specialist' websites that have high quality content.

The (((free))) internet?
The internet that does its best to shove things down your throat you dont want based on data they collected about you?
Yeah then I guess you could say I want that

>customer wants to advertise his service, pays google
>thousands of fake clicks
>customer has to pay a shitload of cash but gets no new clients
>demands google to secure their platform
>refuses to give them shekels for fake clicks
>considers another, more profitable, way of advertising

>dev decides to add advertisements to his website as a way of getting shekels
>shitload of fake clicks
>google has to pay for them anyways
>eventually google bans his account for fraud, but they already lost lots of shekels and also a site for putting their ads

It works and they know it, otherwise Google wouldn't be so butthurt about it.

It gives money to advertisers even after their ads are blocked and it gives money to every webmaster who has a pay per click contract

That's all it achieves

>advertisers get money for clicks
Holy shit you're retarded.

Can you just not visit sites that practice this if you are only wanting to pay for your internet service and visit sites that only tout non-advertising?

I'm not against blocking ads and tracking but I don't see why we're complaining about using the services of sites that choose to use these tactics. Are you guys just trying to protect normies or something?

Can't target me for specific products if I click on every ad :')

IDK, people who don't want to see the Internet reduced to a bunch of subscription services?
> Follows a link sent by a friend: "We're sorry, our monthly subscription is 1.99$"
> Searches for how to fix a problem: "Get full access to all of our topics for 29.99$ a year!"

Yes, you're right about that. Tightly knit communities will always be here. But there's no way that people would donate to, for example, big e-mail services or video hosting sites.

A no-ads Internet would just be a bunch of niche communities living off of donations and big services which you "have" to pay for, unless you detach yourself from society.

Selfishness is good, now the people who make good things, they don't make their real money from ads, usually donations. And those worth it, well sure subscription. Besides ads don't work any more and will barely have any effect on sales anymore.

FYI from what I hear the best thing to do is set clicking to "sometimes." "Always" is suspicious and would be flagged as a bot or something.

The purpose is to hurt google otherwise we'd just not pull request ads in the first place with umatrix or similar.

What do you mean flagged? Is there a verifiable system in place to detect faulty ad clicks?

>You will at best temporarily harm Google's revenue
Yeah, you wish. The only people they are harming right now are adverisers (I'm one of them).

let's do this you glorious bastards
fuck google

>subscriptions for websites becoming a scourge in the future
This will never happen. If their service is not that impactful, I will not pay. If people are upset by a major service going ppv, then a free alternative will open itself up and create competition in the market. Economics 101 you stupid nigger.

It's pissing off Google.
I'd say it's working.

Ublock just blocks the ads.
Adnauseam actually cost Google money, also it has ublock built in

These. The internet doesn't have cancer It has become cancer itself

It's just short sighted childish bullshit.

Yes... Maybe

Its a fucking meme. Go ahead, prove me otherwise. I want a real proof this works, none of this "google banned it so we think it works" or "google said they deal with botnet clicks so we think it works".

Go ahead, change my mind.

WHITE MALES BTFO
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"The Outreachy Summer 2017 program is wrapping up on 30 August with running a similar length to Google Summer of Code. The Outreachy May - August 2017 internship program offers stipends of $5500 USD and for this session was available to "(i) you are a resident or national of any country or region other than Crimea, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, or Sudan and identify as a woman (cis or trans), trans man, or genderqueer person (including genderfluid or genderfree) or (ii) you are a resident or national of the United States of any gender who is Black/African American, Hispanic/Latin@, American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, or Pacific Islander.""

They're working on one now if they didn't have one before.

I don't have a problem with ads in general.
You can put a logo on your packaging, you can put up a sign or a billboard to tell people about your products.
You can paint the side of a building or rent the space on parking lots.
But do you know what all these things have in common?
They are physical spaces, the resource is scarce so you need to pay in order to do it.

Websites and the trash they throw in your mailbox is forcing it on you.
If a website needs to payment to run, make it easy for people to donate or get sponsors.
A sponsor banner can be a static image, there is no need for tracking.
If you need something fancy, you can have a local banner for each area you have sponsors for. If you do that, you can limit how much tracking is necessary.
There is no need for personal tracking when it comes to advertisement.

I don't mind that stuff like the news is sponsored by the viewers, put a paywall on that shit if you need money. Or make it partially paid like some already do to attract more viewers.
But don't make sponsored content and pretend it is news, don't sell speech to politicians so they can control your narrative.
And if you cannot contain your personal opinion, make it clear what you personally think and what the facts are.
Paying subscriptions is a far better deal.
Then it becomes the customers who control the content, if you lie to them, they leave.
That way capitalism can work.

People who can't survive capitalism deserves to fail.

Do I need uBlock Origin if I have AdNauseum?

this

no

No you don't need uBlock Origin, you should only use AdNauseum.

You may also need to disable other adblockers like Ghostery, NoScript, uMatrix, if you use those. Once you open up AdNaseum, you should see ads within them. Go on Google and search for "data server" and "factoring company" because those are currently the most expensive AdWords for Google.

How is that any different than when someone recommends the newest episode of a tv or netflix series?
You know how to get it and most people just have that netflix account, it is not that expensive.
When it comes to written news, you can still share a screenshot --fullpage if it is important (like what people on here usually do when they don't want to feed the trolls).

Stuff like stack overflow, Sup Forums, reddit, forums and wikipedia can survive without advertisements, those sites were not a problem in the first place, it costs a bit to run the site, but nobody has to live off it.

Most expensive AdWords (1/2)

Most expensive AdWords (2/2)

wsj.com/articles/google-issuing-refunds-to-advertisers-over-fake-traffic-plans-new-safeguard-1503675395

>Using Adnaseum instead of a great Adblocker

LEL

>Using Chrome at all

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!

It seems to prove that adnauseam works, since they didn't block other adblocks.
Where are all the naysayers now?

Make sure to block "non-intrusive" ads and also block them.

And also click them I mean.

Stay mad salty webdevs!

Your $300k/year comfy living off of AdWords is about to come to a crushing end.

Would you still block ads and try to fuck advertising giants like this if they were unintrusive, not obnoxious, and not security risks?

you guys realize that things can be free because advertising pays for them? without ads you'd have to pay to use websites, Sup Forums isn't the exception

>The only people they are harming right now are adverisers (I'm one of them).
What is your scam? No legitimate business uses those ads.

>none of this "google banned it so we think it works" or "google said they deal with botnet clicks so we think it works".

Try again.

> ITT Ungrateful NEETs who think they should get everything without giving anything in return.

> You view ads to get content. It's an exchange. If websites can't serve ads then they will charge you to view the website and that's going to ruin the internet. Most people will pay for it too, just you jobless faggots will be left in the dust.

> If you want shit you have to pay somehow. You don't pay anything by viewing ads but still create revenue for the website owners.

> TL;DR Ads allow you NEETs to stay on the internet. Be fucking grateful.

> PS: If you use AdNauseum you're a fucking cancer to society.

What's wrong with paywalls?

Joke's on you I only need PTs and they don't serve ads.
I will learn to live without shitpostan (and some rich autist will make an even lighter Sup Forums clone and host it himself so he can be the admin and make funny bans anyway).

why is adnauseum any better than ublock origin

>But there's no way that people would donate to, for example, big e-mail services or video hosting sites.
Good, host your mail and torrent like a normal human bean.

Donations are the future.

my websides are free, I run them as a hobby
with 8 billion people there will always be places to visit

You realize that you can easily configure any adblocker, with the touch of just one button, to turn off so you can support your favorite websites.

It's probably time for you to fuck off back to Google, shill.