[ NNSquad ] Seriously "stupide" - Major French ISP blocking Web ads

[Lauren Weinstein <lauren@vortex.com>]

Seriously "stupide" - Major French ISP blocking Web ads

http://j.mp/UiE4R4  (ars technica)

   "Ad blocking hurts, seriously - Not surprisingly, many French sites are
    not happy about the move, which doesn't have a whitelist option-it's
    all or nothing.  "Free is being totally irresponsible and threatens to
    bring a violent blow to an entire segment of the digital economy!"
    said Numrama. That site also reported that the block appears to affect
    a number of large ad networks, including Google Adsense, NetAvenir,
    and AdTech.  Another French tech news site devoted to following
    Free-Freenews-penned a blog post arguing how and why its readers
    should disable this option. (Ars made a similar argument against ad
    blocking back in 2010.)"

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An extremely hamfisted and counterproductive move.  For more on why,
please see: "Blocking Web Ads -- And Paying the Piper" - 
http://j.mp/8QLzYc (Lauren's Blog)

--Lauren--
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