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Crystal iOS ad-blocker now allowing companies to pay to keep ads unblocked |
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Crystal iOS ad-blocker now allowing companies to pay to keep ads unblocked
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Crystal — currently the most popular ad-blocker on the iOS App Store — is allowing advertisers who pay for the privilege to bypass the app's filters, a report said on Thursday.
http://appleinsider.com/articles/15/...s-restrictionsMoney talks I suppose. I've ditched Crystal because of this and switched to Purify |
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http://appleinsider.com/articles/15/...s-restrictions
Money talks I suppose. I've ditched Crystal because of this and switched to Purify This is just like a pre-set white list. It doesn't bother me if it is optional. |
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Purify for me, some things are worth paying for...
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There will be a setting in the app though they are saying to block all ads, just as it does now. The developer is just trying to make extra money, who can blame them really.
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Purify for me, some things are worth paying for...
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Nothing like that in Crystal - it's very much a 'set it and forget it' app.
Indeed. When I saw the statistical comparison between purify and crystal for page loading speeds, it was a no brainer really. I think people are being overly reactive to something that hasn't even happened yet. Some people are going way OTT about this on some websites and seem to be getting a bit aggressive. In my opinion it's best to wait and see just how this is implemented. If it can be switched off (I.e. Block all ads as it does now) then there's no real issue. |
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Crystal hasn't been updated yet, so no, the setting isn't there now, but will come in an update by the sounds of it, along with the new "controlled" ads.
I think people are being overly reactive to something that hasn't even happened yet. Some people are going way OTT about this on some websites and seem to be getting a bit aggressive. In my opinion it's best to wait and see just how this is implemented. If it can be switched off (I.e. Block all ads as it does now) then there's no real issue. Personally, I'd prefer to have much more control over sites I want to whitelist so that's part of the reason I switched. The other part is that I saw that Purify is just a better solution full stop. It's quicker, has one touch whitelisting and can block images, scripts and fonts as well as everything else. 79p well spent. |
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Not a total shock, the blocker with the most users has the most extortion/blackmail power.
All that surprises me is how quick they moved into a secondary plan. |
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Not a total shock, the blocker with the most users has the most extortion/blackmail power.
All that surprises me is how quick they moved into a secondary plan. |
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I dot see why so many people have a problem with this. It's switchable.
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I dot see why so many people have a problem with this. It's switchable.
And it's kind of the principle of it as well - if you're in the business of blocking ads, tracking cookies and the like then you shouldn't be allowing people to pay you to circumvent that. And I say that as a person with very few principles
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I suppose you could potentially argue this was the plan all along. Offer it for free on day one to hook people in and become the de-facto face of Safari adblocking and go straight to allowing paid for adverts through.
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I'm using Clear Ad Blocker which is currently free and so far is working a treat on DS.
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It's no surprise that this adblocker allows certain ads through. It is owned by the same people as Adblock Plus which does exactly the same thing (i.e. lets adds through).
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Obviously, but with over 70 companies apparently paying to have their ads allowed through with potentially up to 700 more being in a position to do so, you don't really have much of a choice if you only want to support specific sites - if you wanted to whitelist DS but not Google because you objected to how much data they collect on you then you wouldn't have that choice because it would be all or nothing.
And it's kind of the principle of it as well - if you're in the business of blocking ads, tracking cookies and the like then you shouldn't be allowing people to pay you to circumvent that. And I say that as a person with very few principles ![]() |
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If you read and understand what he is doing you'll know this is ALL OPTIONAL.
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He announced that in the very same update he's allowing sponsored ads, he's adding a whitelist option.
The problem he'll have now is that with so many new ad blockers hitting the app store now that are much faster at rendering pages and also far more customisable - and free, I do believe his user base will erode very, very quickly. Quote:
If you read and understand what he is doing you'll know this is ALL OPTIONAL.
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