https://web.archive.org/web/20151106025844/http://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-concerned-about-ad-blockers-2015-11
>"Revenue generated from the display of ads on personal computers has been impacted by these technologies from time to time. As a result, these technologies have had an adverse effect on our financial results and, if such technologies continue to proliferate, in particular with respect to mobile platforms, our future financial results may be harmed."
they have no right to earn shekels by putting malicious code on my computer
>>51232320
>browsing facebook
No adblocker is going to save you anon. The problem is between your ears.
If you haven't already done this guys make sure you install adblock on all your friends/families computers.
They may lack the technical expertise to d oit themselves but it will not only make browsing a more pleasurable experience for them but also help in exterminating scumbag corporations that still think that displaying ads is a viable business model.
>tl;dr install adblock to help friends and take back the internet
>>51232359
>help friends ruin the internet by turning everything behind sponsored content and paywalls
Adblockers only work if it remains a secret club desu.
eric, goodye facekek
>>51232358
don't use facebook but this is a common complaint from all these fucks
>not using hosts based adblocking solutions
TeeBeeAche ESSEM ACHE SENPAI
>>51232382
>>51232298
Of course they are, Facebook is an advertising platform.
>inb4 class action lawsuit ordering a cease and desist on all adblocker creators, citing them ass illegal
>facebook wins because money
>>51232383
Guess who are ''these'' fucks you are referring to.
>>51232520
oh i'm well aware
>>51232298
>constantly hearing how the tech industry is full of the best and brightest - the innovators that are moving us all forward!
>all being paid to figure out how to make people click shitty, bloated, obnoxious, or even harmful ads, and how to monetize data profiling of users
>'Adblock is horrible! We can't just around and keep doing the same tired old tactics that we always used to use!'
Can San Fran just fall into a crack in the earth and be wiped from human memory, already?
my heart bleeds
When youtube cried about adblock I donated 100$ to adblock plus
Gonna do it again for facebook
>>51232505
So? Some russian/chinese guy will pick it up and you can't sue those
>>51232505
If it becomes "illegal" or whatever, we can just download from external sources and manually install to our browsers.
>>51232730
This
facebook will just figure out a way to disable the site to users with adblockers, they dont really need to get them made illegal.
Although this blame the customer route that corporations are going really bothers me. They should look within and find why customers hate ads so much and try to work around their customer base. Not just blame them for their lost revenues and basically cry about it. You can't ever blame the customer, or get them to "change", you need to work around them
Comcast wants to implement data caps that won't influence traffic congestion, say you can pay extra each month to avoid the cap.
Big sites are crying because they can't shove ads down our throats due to ad blockers; Youtube personalities constantly weep about their livelihoods being at stake from viewers using adblock.
Novice internet users are eating up the adblock hate and give me shit if they see that I am using one.
It's all gone so very wrong.
>>51232298
and nothing of value was lost
thank you gorhill
>>51232743
>>51232782
>Required Content (adframe_CMC442) failed to load from this connection. Pursuant to USC 135.831 §78 ¶37 clause C, ("All persons who knowingly prevent Required Content from being properly transmitted, processed, displayed or otherwise employed shall serve no fewer than 6 months in a federal penitentiary, shall forfeit their Computer Access license, and shall attend and successfully complete a mandatory Computer Ethics Reeducation course, as defined by §81.
In the event of a suspected tampering, the affected party shall contact the Commission no later than 2 days after the occurrence of the incident."), this incident has been reported to the FCC.
>Please install FCCInspector from FCC.gov and submit to the immediate search of this device. Failure to comply will require confiscation of this device.
>>51232298
>2015
>still using fagbook
>on /g/
>>51232730
>adblock plus
>>51232298
Like ants, ants taking from a mountain of sugar. Regular pest control has failed, it's time to activate plan B.
Ad blocking is a crime, it's theft plain and simple. I have consulted with multiple major industry players and they all agree with the statement. Mr. President, and the American people, it's time to stop being lied to and end this madness. More and more people are unknowingly made to use ad-blockers, losing the jobs of millions; this is nothing other than financial holocaust.
>>51233734
>
>>51232372
Yeah no ima keep putting ublock on my parents stuff so I don't have to uninstall random shit from ads
>>51232298
what these dumb fucks don't realize is that by continuing to bitch and moan about adblockers they are subjecting themselves to the Streisand effect
>>51233907
ABP are the ones who contribute the most to the block lists you're using.
>>51232298
>aw, people are able to stop us forcing intrusive content on them and thereby stop us making easy money
I'm sick of the entitled attitude of tech giants and people who support that.
>>51232298
Good. I hope shekelberg and the major investors lose every penny they've invested in Facebook
>>51232320
/thread
They seem to think if they force you to see something you then owe them.
Like street hustlers.
Fuckit, they are street hustlers, just ones occupying a nice office with expensive suits.
Wikipedia doesn't have ads
>>51232298
>these technologies have had an adverse effect on our financial results
>if such technologies continue to proliferate, in particular with respect to mobile platforms, our future financial results may be harmed
>financial results
I'm not seeing them specifically say their service will be particularly impacted. Just financial results. Obviously finances impact the company and product to some degree, but you would think they'd be smarter about how they are selling this pitch, and at least try to make it sound like the product's functionality or services will be harmed by this.
I don't give a rat's ass that some rich motherfuckers are going to be less rich because I choose to keep my computer free of their intrusive bullshit.
>>51232298
Thank you apple
Good thing 76% of Facebook's revenue comes from mobile, where you can't block ads in their apps. Meanwhile Google is getting fucked because their revenue comes from desktops and iPhones mostly (iPhone generates 3x more ad revenue for Google than Android does). Ad spending is going mobile, and Apple is actively fucking Google on the iPhone. Facebook is fine on iPhone and Android though.
The funny thing is. I wouldn't mind turning my adblocker off it it was stuff like the j-list adds on 4chan.
Like, a non offensive, properly themed single still image link to a legit non-malicious site is okay. A 5 second add if you want to watch a short video clip or a blinking flash banner leading to some shady porn site is not.
ads are not blocked
they are just being left unrequested
>>51232298
>"and it's only cash source"
And the goverment and NSA, dont forget yer shekels Mark!
>>51234378
So then why the heck did Facebook split off Messenger from the main app? I uninstalled the Facebook app because all I did with Facebook on mobile was chat with people.
>>51233734
I could see this happening in the UK.
>>51232298
>according to businessinsider
Discarded
Most Facebook logins are done on mobile, they're not worried
>>51234024
>rare pepe
>>51234378
Err, I thought the new iOS/Safari has this new built-in adblocking system, called Peace?
>>51232298
WAAAAAHHHH WHY U NO WITNESS MY ADVERTISEMENTS
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=cry+me+a+river+justin+timberlake
>>51234188
idk why people hate on it. It's better than unlock. Have had less problems (actually no problems) from ABP than unlock which doesn't even block the ad. Fite me autsits desu.
>>51234024
Thanks for the pepe
>>51232505
>adblock creators reply with what theyre doing is not illegal
>case is dropped
>>51235268
They implemented acceptable ads which lets baying gustomers bypass adfilters for abp users. Use ABL instead.
>>51235167
There is/are system wide adblockers for iOS, but the iOS content blocker is Safari only, it doesn't affect other apps.
System wide adblocking only occurs on Android if you root your device.
In all system wide adblocking on iOS and Android is probably a very small percentage.
>>51235305
>case is dropped
Sorry bud, it's not the 50's anymore.
> build financial structure on immoral practices
> be surprised when your business starts to fall
Wow
Alternatively:
> business is based on forcing advertisements in people's faces
> get mad when people stop looking at them
Zuckerjew is the scum of the Earth. His face even looks like an alien desu
>>51235668
Tomshardware was the first site I encountered that had a third-party domain list that was taller than my display.
I stopped going there soon after.
>>51232359
I recently updated my parents to ublock
>>51232298
adblock confirmed for new "music piracy"
illegal when?
Zuckniggerberg would try to increase profit. Only the normies that use faggotbook will be affected by his changes. If normies ever see they are being fucked in the ass by the zuckerniggerberg, they will change their mind. In the current situation, whatever happens, normies will still love this berg.
>>51233817
I got my job from networking on Facebook. $1100 a week. Suck it loser.
> captcha limousines
Adguard is a good no root required ad block for android. Share it.
>>51235776
just did this on my dads computers
blew his fucking mind
>its like the internet's new again
you're welcome dad
>>51232730
>adblock plus
you should have donated to easylist you mongoloid, they`re the ones compiling the actual ad domains and doing all the hard work
>>51235305
>facebook crushes them with a virtually limitless supply of money
Even if they lose all their legal battles facebook is at a size where they can just drag out litigation and anyone smaller who can't afford to fight will just have to give up or go broke.
>>51235834
Seems to work basically the same as the system wide adblockers for iOS, but they could do with a decent English speaker for their site.
Have you ever seen the ads facebook displays ?
Its for the stupidest products ever or just general rip offs.
Like "0AKLEY" glasses
Does FB charge per impression or per click ? because I don't know who clicks on any of that shit.
The industry did this to themselves,
they couldn't police themselves to show acceptable ads and they became more and more annoying
is it any wonder people install adblockers ?
>rooted android + adaway
>no root = adblock browser
>>51235905
It won't count for anything if there is no law they are breaking though. The courts will throw it out.
Even if the adblock creators don't defend themselves they will still win.
Also, Apple has more money than Facebook and they would be on the adblock creator side because they are facilitating adblocking on their devices.
>>51235957
tfw all them shitty web games used counterstrike screenshots for the longest time
like its seriously deceiving, im blocking your ads being you're being dishonest in an already dishonest enviroment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkqR0DCIJRM
>>51235957
>adblock browser
Android has Firefox and supports extentions ya know
>>51232298
>Oy Vey, muh $6.000.000.000
>>51235957
Five dollars will get you 1000 impressions give or take.
>>51232505
>>51235971
>>51235905
>>51235971
Never underestimate crony capitalism.
http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-26073797
>>51234378
>Good thing 76% of Facebook's revenue comes from mobile, where you can't block ads in their apps.
Facebook better pray that nobody uses Luckypatcher, or Ad-guard.
>>51233083
Hide the icon
Also just in case anybody forgot about adnauseam:
http://adnauseam.io/
>>51235957
Over a billion people use facebook, you cna bet your ass people click the ads and buy the products. Even without that FB has all the data they could ever possibly want to be able to target ads at specific people. so even if they don't get as many clickthroughs the people buying the ads know the ads are going to the exact audience they want.
Are there actual human beings out there that look at what kind of things you like, the sites you browse and pressing buttons to assign specific ads to you?
>>51236303
>using an extension to give them clicks
>>51236386
No it's all just bots looking at what you post searching for keywords. If you constantly post about skateboarding you'll probably get ads for skate gear.
>>51236303
I use ad blockers for two reasons, I don't want to see shit, I don't want to give them money. Why would I use this garbage?
>>51236303
>http://adnauseam.io/
Isn't that just counterproductive?
I get the obfuscation thing, but giving them money automatically? At that point, I'm not sure they are about your individual profile, but are more interested in your addon, since it gives them an insane amount of advert click revenue.
>>51237024
It depends what you're using an adblocker for. If it's to deny a site its clicks, then yes. If it's to prevent being tracked, then no.
>>51237024
if enough people use it the companies paying for ads are going to lose money
it devalues the price of a click making companies pay less for ads and slowly making ads useless
good companies will find other ways to adapt and make money.
it's always been like this, either adapt to changes and find other revenue streams or slowly die out
>>51235819
>bragging about a <60K job
That is only impressive if you have absolutely zero marketable skills and all your job entails is pushing a button all day.
>>51232633
Most tech companies in California are headquarted in suburbs because "muh cars"
Stop being functionally retarded (t.b.h.)
>>51232359
Ublock origin.
>>51237450
>tfw 1100/mo
research pls.
>>51234378
the facebook app is fucking shit though, it eats up your data and constantly needs updating. I got facebook messenger and just use the mobile version in firefox with adblock, because fuck paying for ads.
I`m pretty sure mobile ads are going to be destroyed pretty fast because people have to pay for going over data caps.
>>51232298
FUCK ADDS
FUCK ADD SUPPORTED INTERNET
BURN IT ALL DOWN
Boo fucking hoo.
>>51235819
Yeah? Army sigint, 1700 every two weeks in garrison AND I get to shoot people.. Facebook is nothing but wannabe NSA, suck my dick.
>>51237591
>SIGINT
>35N
>Getting to shoot people
>Ever
Enjoy being a Fobbit you Pog.
>>51232988
>facebook will just figure out a way to disable the site to users with adblockers
and how will they do that?
end of day, that site is making ajax requests to some backend and that's where you can pull the viewable model.
it's an unwinnable war.
>>51232298
Facebook should switch away from ad based models anyways. They've got the perfect chance to make their business both more ethical and more social now that they've acquired Oculus.
Ad monetization is just going to drag them down. They can be better than this.
>>51232298
So how do I block facebook ads?
>>51232298
>>51237900
lol that picture is dumb. The web is both.
>>51233083
>Novice internet users are eating up the adblock hate and give me shit if they see that I am using one.
Just tell people like that to go fuck themselves. Simple. I actually hope somebody calls me out on it one day. If I'm in a bad enough mood or depending on the way they say it, I'll break their orbital bone. The charges will be worth it
>>51232298
So as an added bonus to spreading the glory of adblocking we kill facebook? This shit just keeps getting better.
>>51237928
It applies perfectly to ad-blocking.
>>51233920
>holocaust
Why do I get sexually aroused everytime is see/hear this word?
>>51233920
Tweet this and see what happens (with appropriate hashtag and @mentions of course).
>>51237928
No it isn't. HTTP is a request/response protocol. If you don't make a request, you won't get a response.
>>51237968
Most edgy teens do.>>51237990
>>51235819
>bragging about a custodian's salary
I make $1000/wk in a low cost of living area as an intern, and I'm deeply disappointed with myself.
>>51238008
I'm in my 30's, so your wrong about that. I've got more edges than Bismuth though, so good call there.
>dead jews
hnngggg
>>51232298
>implying the Five Eyes would ever let their prize pig go under
>>51237584
>>51232359
>displaying ads is a viable business model
But it *is* a viable business model, at least until adblocking become too widespread. More to the point, it's a model we should be encouraging. Other people fuck their computers up to pay for our free browsing? Sounds good to me.
>>51232359
if all the normies get adblockers, then the internet will lose tons of content.
>>51232358
>another "i dont use facebook" elitist who jerks himself off because he doesn't have any friends or a need for easy communication and cant relate to people who do
>>51238156
Thank god.
>>51238172
>>another "i'm better than people who dont use facebook" elitist who jerks himself off because he need to feel socially superior to other anonymous posters on a Malaysian plane crash family support tapestry
>>51238145
Single speaks the truth.
>>51232358
If you've ever seen a little "Like this on Facebook!" button on any other website then you've already got a Facebook profile.
Their entire business model is data collection.
I'm gonna laugh so much when most of the sites anyone cares about will become paid only, or at least feature premium accounts with some advantages. The very same neckbeards with no understanding of economics or the concept of worth who hate adds now will be the first to rage when you WILL have to pay to use a site. I hate adds too but really I don't think there is much alternative here and now.
You can't have nice things for free, sorry. Wish it wasn't true too.
>>51238230
>he thinks I'm a sociable guy who uses facebook to feed a superiority complex
>>51238245
>Their entire business model is data collection
Their entire business model is advertising. Good thing I'm running an adblocker.
>>51238259
>missing the point
>posting that reaction image
>>>/int/brit
>>51238297
>gets btfo by a reaction image
>resorts to vague missing the point meme
>>51238320
>still missing the point
>still not realising the implication was you were trying to come across as superior to the guy you initially replied to, as opposed to via facebook
>still mitchellposting
Gas yourself.
>>51238366
>has such a massive inferiority complex that he assumes telling someone that you browse fucking facebook of all websites (aka normie incarnate) implies you are better than somebody else
>>51232730
>hurr durr fuck those who make their content available for free
>>51237855
>They can be better than this
Shoving ads down your throat is pretty much the only way to make money off the internet.
>>51238409
that's my reaction to the word "mitchellposting"
>>51238156
nothing of value would be lost, internet is inherently driven by user generated content. Technology is way overvalued these days and in no way worth billions.
Social media is for retards anyways and a quagmire of security issues.
>>51238424
hence why modern internet is polluted with shit and filled with worthless information
Do people actually use facebook? I thought it was only a meme millennials fell for, like viruses or gaming.
>>51238172
>friends
ayylmao
Go out for once fat fuck
>>51238524
Have you been living under a rock? It has nearly 1.5 billion active users.
Can't fuck with the Zuck
>>51238535
>he thinks I dont have a private facebook group where my actual friends and I collaborate and share meaningful shit that we legitimately care about after we moved away to college.
BTFO. Try harder pretentious prick.
>>51238475
Yeah like that useless search engine you use everyday for every little thing. Ads aren't just about bullshit sites with bullshit articles about some new bullshit phone written by wannabe tech-savvy indian, you know.
>>51238566
Fucking lol
>>51238524
most normalfags use mobile texting apps, facebook is for older people and 3rd worlders these days.
young people don`t really open facebooks these days because that shit is monitored in schools, so everything you say on it can land you in trouble.
>>51232298
What will you do when the use and proliferation of ad blocking software becomes illegal, anon? At the rate that site owners are complaining about it, the legality of ad block will surely get brought to court.
>>51238634
Then we'll just go into the slightly deeper net and pick it up just like everything else?
>>51237591
>sigint
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_signal#SIGINT
In all honesty, everybody and their mothers knows that all you do is mow lawns and take out the trash for Uncle Sam
>>51236319
>Over a billion people use facebook
You're just as deluded as a Facebook investor. A billion accounts doesn't equal a billion users.
What's the best adblock add-on for safari and mac pls?
>>51241603
nvm, installed ABP works great for now.
>>51237591
go to bed you boot fucking pog
shit facebook asked nicely to stop using adblockers
better stop using this adblocker then LMAO
>>51234378
>mobile, where you can't block ads in their apps
ayy lmao
>>51232298
>>"Revenue generated from the display of ads on personal computers has been impacted by these technologies from time to time. As a result, these technologies have had an adverse effect on our financial results and, if such technologies continue to proliferate, in particular with respect to mobile platforms, our future financial results may be harmed."
and then they'll realise they had gone too far with advertisements
>loljk that will never happen
>>51232298
>What I find remarkable is the way both sides of this debate seem to simply assume the large-scale capture and exploitation of human attention to be ethical and/or inevitable in the first place. This demonstrates how utterly we have all failed to understand the role of attention in the digital age—as well as the implications of spending most of our lives in an environment designed to compete for it.
http://blog.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk/2015/10/why-its-ok-to-block-ads/
Despite the USA and the EU bending over backwards to please transnational corporations, they are not the owners of mankind (yet). So go fuck yourself, dataminers.
>>51232298
People still use Facebook?
I never boarded this stupid social media bandwagon. Glad I am free from all this drama.
>>51232505
>not having a backup of any adblocking source code for just such a serendipitous eventuality
>>51235905
can't stop progress
or in other words, there's no way to stop adblockers from being created and distributed. The MPAA tried the same thing with piracy.
A normie tech site explained it very well. People use adblockers because ads take up a huge amount of space and bandwith and slows your phone's browser down. Enough where even normies want to block ads especially to save on their data plans. The recent trend of bloated js websites doesn't help either.
Gabe Newell realized this too, he realized that you can't stop piracy, only compete with it. Hence why Steam was made to be as convenient as possible so that people would not resort to piracy.
In the end, if there's a demand for a service it will be provided somehow.
>>51236244
>jaywalking
Americans are fat and hate walking. Auto companies simply exploited this fact.
>>51232298
Facebook has become toxic.
If it's not about ads it's about a drop in users. People are getting real fed up with Facebook. It's a fad that's slowly dying. I see more and more people talk about deleting their Facebook account. With a sense of pride. Like people that say they only shop at whole foods or drive a Prius.
>>51242018
The US is the owner of mankind. It's just that Americans are greedy, not nanny state utopians like euros are.
>>51238542
Bots don't count as active users, Anon.
>2000+15
>using facebook
Kek op
>>51236244
I have at least some sympathy for the foundation of this jaywalking law though. As mentioned in that article we went through this phase of introduction of motor vehicles where they took over roads that were originally designed for slower traffic and shared with foot traffic, and new roads were poorly designed to accommodate both.
So as a way to try and get these two parties working in some form of harmony they bring in this law, and as usual with laws of this type there is generally a measure of discretion on the part of the officer as to whether to fine or warn the individual.
Probably what we have seen though is that city traffic has actually gotten slower due to just congestion which has made jaywalking less dangerous anyway.
Personally I live in a country where there is no law against jaywalking, and I see people standing on the side of the road waiting to cross, five or ten metres away from a zebra crossing where, by law, traffic must stop to allow pedestrians to cross.
You could probably argue that the law against jaywalking and the law of stopping to allow a person to cross a zebra crossing to be equally useless, but we're trying to get squishy humans and one tonne moving boxes to share this space in a harmonious manner, and I believe both were put in place with this in mind but perhaps the law has served its purpose or needs to be reviewed, that's another matter.
Every cyclist should receive a fine daily, on principle, though.
>>51238230
>Malaysian plane crash family support tapestry
probably my favorite of these "chinese cartoons" variants so far
good job, 9 keks/10
>>51242403
>maybe in your country
in china, the roads are very wide, the sidewalks are also very wide, and usually triple lanned, with the median being another sidewalk
>>51237518
Wat
>>51232298
Good! Fuck facebook and fuck jewckerberg.
VKontakte FTW
>>51233734
You can still show them somewhere off the screen space where no one ever see them.
>>51238257
>he hasn't been to the internet before ads were a thing
>>51238172
Projecting much? The people who use facebook are the ones with no real friends, that's why they need facebook, people who's only value in life comes from showing off inherited socioeconomic status and made up stories about their daily lives. I understand that especially in american upper-middle class the act of keeping up appearances is very important.
You think you can keep pretending to be social and people in your facebook circles think that you are, but it's a paradox, all of them are the same kind of lonely losers that you are.
Normal people see through that and laugh at you, thinking that you're fake and autistic as fuck. Now go ahead and write an opinion piece on pseudo-liberal politics in your facebook feed.
>>51238156
That would be a good thing as that content is worthless. The plague of garbage that web 2.0 brought along will be gone. I would love for search engines to bring up useful results in the first few pages again. People might start making some cool sites again since normalfags won't be shitting them up. This site is is one the few last bastions of pre web 2.0 internet culture and even that has been increasingly eroding over the past few years.
muh shekkels
>>51244426
It fucking sucked, nobody likes hobby websites and other geek shit. No modern person can live without facebook and vlogs.
>>51234139
I have that mouse and I used to have exactly that keyboard.
Those were comfy times.
>>51244477
facebook is a fun place to shitpost.
>>51232505
The adblock push comes from Apple, of all companies.
>>51244964
Apple's money does not come from ads. Google's does though. The push is to cut Google's power in mobile..
>>51244477
you clearly have no idea how to use Facebook effectively, don't have any friends and are visibly mad about it
>>51244477
Most people I know keep their FB accounts for their IM app. It could so happen that your entire circle of friends is easily reachable via whatsapp, telegram or what have you.
It could also happen that you have no friends to keep in touch with, tho. It could go either way. I do however wonder about your weird ass projecting tho. People don't laugh at you for using facebook, maybe they really are just laughing at you for being a nerd?
>>51232320
The combination of compromised ad servers and obnoxious attention calling methods have doomed them. This advertisement industry has abused their privileges, and after now hurting because people finally caught up techwise.
>>51244477
I don't use facebook either but this "facebook is for the friendless" shit is such bullshit.
>>51245023
No matter how you use Fagbook, you're allowing your data, your time, and your attention to be sold to advertisers. When you use Fagbook, you're not using a product. You are the product. That's literally their business model. Knowing this, if you willingly use their service, you have no right to complain about any of their data-harvesting practices.
>don't have any friends
Yeah man, before Fagbook existed, people didn't have friends.
>>51234025
Why haven't you installed linux?
>>51245112
>you are the product
blah blah blah, stopped there
>>51245112
>Yeah man, before Fagbook existed, people didn't have friends.
Love, grandma.
>>51245112
you had 0 friends before facebook and you still have 0 friends. Now you blame Facebook
>>51235668
I hate this shit so much.
I REEEEEEEEE internally whenever I visit a website that forces me allow some java scripts from like 20 different websites just for the site to function. I don't want to access a million other domains, I just want to read the website text and see the images.
Worst offenders are American normie newspaper and "news" sites like buzzfeed, huffpost, etc.
>>51245112
>fagbook
You also call Microsoft M$, right ?
>>51232298
>billionaires crying poverty
and yet he still manages to climb the list of billionaires...i'm sorry, were we supposed to feel bad for him or some shit?
>>51245118
What'sa matter? Can't handle the truth? An ignorant whore is still a whore.
>>51245130
Why mock the elderly when they are from a better, more dignified era?
>>51245151
I have friends. None of them uses Fagbook. Do you know how we stay in touch and make plans to hang out? We talk to one another in real life or via telephone.
>>51245240
Microsoft has more respect from me than Fagbook. At least they make and sell a product instead of duping a billion retards into being a product.
>>51245281
>What'sa matter? Can't handle the truth? An ignorant whore is still a whore.
>name calling
stay classy
>>51232298
>Please read: A personal appeal from Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg
Can't wait
>>51245262
Zuckerberg isn't complaining tho, he isn't stupid, he has been diversifying assets for years now.
It's FB investors who are sweating bullets right now.
An era when FB is as forgotten as MySpace is increasingly likely. A poor-ass Zuckerberg is not in the stars though.
>>51245281
>I have friends. None of them uses Fagbook. Do you know how we stay in touch and make plans to hang out? We talk to one another in real life or via telephone.
>you want to believe
>>51245281
>Why mock the elderly when they are from a better, more dignified era?
Love, grandma.
>>51245308
Of course none of his friends are on Facebook. He has none.
>>51245281
>? We talk to one another in real life or via telephone
How old are you? You feel the same about skype? Still rocking pagers?
>>51244992
I really want to dislike Apple (I still own no Apple products), but if Microsoft keeps up their spying shenanigans, I will not hesitate to dump all Windows in favor of OSX.
Speaking from experience, I lost a whole lot of high-school friends and acquaintances when I refused to get on Facebook. It's not like I hated the concept of FB, it just sounded daunting and intimidating to me.
My new circle of friends know how to reach me via phone, e-mail, whatsapp and telegram, but I'd be lying if I told you I'd have more people to hang out with if I had actually used Facebook back then.
I mean, you don't share your phone number with anyone, you more easily share your profile. Facebook didn't replace vis-a-vis conversations or your phone contact book. It just added a new layer.
>>51245294
>stay classy
What the fuck is this, reddit? Fuck off with your pseudo-intellectual supreme gentleman faggot ass. At least I'm putting forth actual arguments and ideas. All you do is respond with passive aggressive memes that risk nothing on your part.
>blah blah blah, stopped there
>stay classy
What the fuck is this shit? Why are you even here? Fucking kill yourself.
>>51245379
I'm 29 and I hate the current narcissistic, self-absorbed, needy ass generation. I wish you'd all shove your smartphones up your ass and vomit out a million cocks.
Never used skype. Pagers are antiquated technology.
>>51245442
Hackintosh master race reporting in. do it faggot
>>51245462
this dude is so fucking mad right now
KEK
>>51245448
There's nothing stopping you from contacting those old friends now if you want to. No technology is to blame for a breakdown of relationship.
>>51245462
>I'm 29 and I hate the current narcissistic, self-absorbed, needy ass generation.
Most people usually have kids before they feel that way.
>>51245442
Why not use a Linux distro or freebsd?
>>51245462
>29
>on 4chan
Just end your life, gramps. Probably a virgin as well. You can't act high and mighty when you're almost fucking 30
>>51232298
OK Ads are bad, muh privacy. But how do we fix this shiet
Haha fuck you Facebook.
>>51232298
Facebook can fuck off right after they wont let me have fake name
FUCK YOU AND YOUR SHITTY POLICY
WANT MY REAL IDENTITY?
SUCK MY COCK
What ever happened to the social network website that used a subscription model?
>>51245483
Yes, if they changed phones or moved places, then I have no way to contact them. It's been 7 years, guess how likely it is that it happened already, fucking retard.
>>51245882
If you haven't spoken with people in seven years, they're not your friends anymore. Do you know how radically people change in that amount of time?
>>51235668
makeuseof.com is just as bad, holy shit.
>pls gib ads
HAHAHAHAHA
Starve you fucking jews!
>>51245882
Then just use facebook f.a.m.
Either way, I doubt you give a fuck about these people anymore it's been 7 years no contact after all. And there's nothing wrong with that.
But don't piss and moan about there being no way to find them when there's a very easy way to do that.
>>51232298
Oh boo-hoo, how will they ever make up those profits for the 1.4 billion users?
>>51232298
>"Revenue generated from the display of ads on personal computers has been impacted by these technologies from time to time. As a result, these technologies have had an adverse effect on our financial results and, if such technologies continue to proliferate, in particular with respect to mobile platforms, our future financial results may be harmed."
>>51245442
>he fell for le apple doesn't spy on me meme
>>51246007
>I doubt you give a fuck about these people anymore it's been 7 years no contact after all
That's what I'm saying though, that facebook is the layer of socializing between friend-whom-you've-given-your-numer-to and mere acquaintance. Like some sort of public plaza with people you sort of not care about, but not complete strangers. That's facebook, that's their niche. I did stop caring years ago, but the other idiot is implying that people on facebook have no other means to socialize and contact people which is clearly bullshit, you don't see them tossing away their landlines. I don't see any harm on curating a group of acquaintances via a social network, despite me not doing it.
Thanks for sort of agreeing with me though.
>>51232359
>take back the internet
weh arr ananymase
weh ugh heer to sav teh intehwebnets!!!!!!!!!!1111111!11!!
>>51234900
Facebook still keeps you as a user if you use Messenger. Same with WhatsApp and Instagram. That's why more than a billion people use Facebook services daily.
>>51235167
What >>51235352 said
>>51232505
Then everyone will just move to hosts files. Sure, you get blank space, but it's better than viewing the ad jew.
>>51245237
>buzzfeed
>huffpost
Its funny how "leftist" websites are the worst offenders. Its almost like capitalists are force feeding us their faggot and trans loving version based on excessive materialism instead if real leftism.
>>51237450
Having a job in this day and age where being white and straight is negative is a miracle in its own right.
>>51246038
Aren't 2/3 of those users dead?
>>51232320
Actually, if you are using facebook, they have every right to do so because you accepted their terms and agreements
>>51235668
how do I access this view in ublock
>>51249547
In Dashboard (Settings tab), select "I am an advanced user"
>>51245112
>edgy anti-capitalist furtive fallacy tirade
Shit is fucking exhausting. Stop it.
>>>/pol/
>>51232359
>>tl;dr install adblock to help friends and take back the internet
Will do.
>>51232320
you dont have a right to use facebook either.
>>51238259
That's >>51238230 the gay mafia. You better watch your ass.
>>51232359
>If you haven't already done this guys make sure you install adblock on all your friends/families computers.
no
>They may lack the technical expertise to d oit themselves but it will not only make browsing a more pleasurable experience for th
fuck their experience.
we have a good thing going. don't ruin it for us by including everyone, because it will start a cat and mouse script game of adblock detecting and adblock camouflage,
>>51250894
>no
yes
Unlike most of /g/, I'm not against ads on principle. I unblock ads on sites I trust and visit frequently, including 4chan. My issue has always been the malware and drive by installs they cause. Many years back I read a very convincing article asking users to disable adblock, stating that ads are much less intrusive than they used to be. I disabled it. Things weren't too bad on most sites regarding the annoyance factor. However, it only took a couple days before I got a virus. I quickly wiped the machine, and reinstalled with adblock again. Until advertisers can stop with the malware, viruses, and other garbage, I will continue to block ads. They have abused the platform and now crying foul despite the fact that there is much more legal precedence that what THEY are doing is illegal by install malicious software through security vulnerabilities in Flash and web browsers.
This is why I don't like to share tips like adblocking with normies. Once it spreads we're the ones who get fucked.
>our future financial results may be harmed
Cry me a river, kike.
>>51252185
Agreed. I like to keep nice things to myself. Normies get sex. Why should it be that normies get the nice things we have, but keep the sex all to themselves? If I'm going to be a wizard for the rest of my life, I at least want to have a smoother computing experience than all those assholes who have friends and a social life. If they don't want to invite me to the parties they go to, why should I share any useful knowledge with them?
>>51252233
this desu
>>51238634
Hosts file
>>51233734
Yeah could easily download them and just not display them -- impossible to trace from the other end.
>>51254815
At that point, some of the most attractive portions of ad blocking (malware protection, privacy, page speed increase) are all defeated. The attack surface is slightly smaller (no image parsing, maybe the layout engine) for malware, but that's it.
At least zכטkerטלrפ can't sell my eyes then.
>>51238634
>the legality of ad block will surely get brought to court.
And the advertisers will lose. It's my computer. I decide which requests it will accept and how it will display content. There's no way around that. If you don't want me to access your content without being served ads, that's your technical problem to figure out. Though if you do find a way, I'll probably just forgo visiting your site altogether.
Query: If the supply of people who can view ads and lowered, why haven't the prices just gone up to compensate? Why doesn't supply and demand apply here?
>>51232298
I don't "block" anything. I decline to request that they send me ads in my browser.
