(04-12-2021, 02:03 PM)Simpsons Dumper Wrote: Heh, I was wondering if you'd remove it. Blocking ads (be it with an ad blocker, disabling JavaScript or using reader mode) does have its ethical concerns, but I don't know what to do about it.
If ads couldn't be blocked, I wouldn't visit your website - is that a better or worse outcome? I already avoid Tom's Guide due to its autoplaying video. Rhetorical question but I'm really not sure on the answer.
Like I said, I don't do anything to prevent the use of ad-blockers which is something that many sites do and something I very much disagree with. I'm not even talking about ethics or anything similar here, just pointing out that if the ad blocker is breaking the site, one possible solution is to disable it.
Technically speaking (and discounting the benefit from any contributions to the site you might make, just for the sake of simplicity), not visiting would be the better solution as you wouldn't be using resources that cost money that you're preventing from generating by blocking the ads. Of course, this is not an avenue I'm actually suggesting as the site still generates enough to pay for itself even factoring in the occasional ad block user but I did want to answer the question, rhetorical or otherwise.
(04-12-2021, 02:34 PM)Barack Obama Wrote: I actually had this site on my whitelist: www.spriters-resource.com
Also just tested how it looks when Ublock is deactivated. Turns out the layout looks normal again and only some "Follow Us" icons are shown (Twitter, Discord, etc.).
In both cases, I can't see any kind of ads.
Interesting, I'm not sure why you're not seeing ads if the site is whitelisted. Maybe there's some DNS blocking going on as well? Either way, I've seen ad blockers mess with the layout even when disabled or the site is whitelisted before so, while uncommon, it's possible that's what was going on. And yes, the "Follow Us" section is indeed one of the elements that gets removed unnecessarily sometimes.
Regardless though, it sounds like you're good and the site is behaving as expected now, at least as far as the layout is concerned?