ad blocker blocked by facebook,AdblocPlus strikes back "deuce"
"Joseph Harris joe9438-/[email protected] [ebook-community]" <[email protected]> Fri, 12 Aug 2016 14:26:58 +0100
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Facebook users who block pop-up ads, will now have ads thrust upon them,
willy-nilly. Unless they follow Adbloc Plus advice. Too late, Facebook
has struck back. Service, Adbloc Plus...
This from a WSJ newsletter:
*BLOCK WARS*: Did Facebook poke the ad-blocking bear? Or is it the other
way around? It has only been days since the social networking giant
announced it will force the delivery of ads to people who use ad
blockers, effectively taking up the anti-ad-blocking cause for the
entire industry. But Adblock Plus, the most prominent ad-blocking
software maker, is already striking back. The company says it knows how
to stop Facebook's anti-ad-blocking technique
<http://tk.wsjemail.com:80/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTImbXNpZD0xJmF1aWQ9Jm1haWxpbmdpZD02MzkyMjI4Jm1lc3NhZ2VpZD0xMDU0MDAxJmRhdGFiYXNlaWQ9NjgzNTAyJnNlcmlhbD0zMzkyMDQyOSZlbWFpbGlkPWpvZTk0MzhAeWFob28uY28udWsmdXNlcmlkPWpvZTk0MzhAeWFob28uY28udWsmdGFyZ2V0aWQ9JmZsPSZleHRyYT1NdWx0aXZhcmlhdGVJZD0mJiY=&&&10226&&&http://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-ads-can-still-be-blocked-adblock-plus-says-1470936239?mod=djemCMOToday>,
reports CMO Today. On Thursday, it posted instructions on its site that
walked people through how to block Facebook's ad-blocker blocker. Got
it? Does Facebook realize the cat-and-mouse game it has started? The
company's response would seem to indicate so, as it explained that the
new ad-blocking technique also blocks posts from friends and Pages.
"This isn't a good experience for people and we plan to address the
issue," said a Facebook spokesman. Within hours, Facebook had already
come up with a technical fix to nullify Adblock Plus's move
<http://tk.wsjemail.com:80/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTImbXNpZD0xJmF1aWQ9Jm1haWxpbmdpZD02MzkyMjI4Jm1lc3NhZ2VpZD0xMDU0MDAxJmRhdGFiYXNlaWQ9NjgzNTAyJnNlcmlhbD0zMzkyMDQyOSZlbWFpbGlkPWpvZTk0MzhAeWFob28uY28udWsmdXNlcmlkPWpvZTk0MzhAeWFob28uY28udWsmdGFyZ2V0aWQ9JmZsPSZleHRyYT1NdWx0aXZhcmlhdGVJZD0mJiY=&&&10288&&&https://techcrunch.com/2016/08/11/friendblock/?mod=djemCMOToday>,
reports TechCrunch. Game on.
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Facebook users who block pop-up ads, will now have ads thrust upon
them, willy-nilly. Unless they follow Adbloc Plus advice. Too late,
Facebook has struck back. Service, Adbloc Plus... <br>
<br>
This from a WSJ newsletter:<br>
<br>
<strong>BLOCK WARS</strong>: Did Facebook poke the ad-blocking bear? Or
is it the other way around? It has only been days since the social
networking giant announced it will force the delivery of ads to people
who use ad blockers, effectively taking up the anti-ad-blocking cause
for the entire industry. But Adblock Plus, the most prominent
ad-blocking software maker, is already striking back.<a
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style="color: rgb(38, 138, 199); text-decoration: underline; font-weight: bold;">
The company says it knows how to stop Facebook’s anti-ad-blocking
technique</a>,
reports CMO Today. On Thursday, it posted instructions on its site that
walked people through how to block Facebook’s ad-blocker blocker. Got
it? Does Facebook realize the cat-and-mouse game it has started? The
company’s response would seem to indicate so, as it explained that the
new ad-blocking technique also blocks posts from friends and Pages.
“This isn’t a good experience for people and we plan to address the
issue,” said a Facebook spokesman. Within hours, <a
href="http://tk.wsjemail.com:80/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTImbXNpZD0xJmF1aWQ9Jm1haWxpbmdpZD02MzkyMjI4Jm1lc3NhZ2VpZD0xMDU0MDAxJmRhdGFiYXNlaWQ9NjgzNTAyJnNlcmlhbD0zMzkyMDQyOSZlbWFpbGlkPWpvZTk0MzhAeWFob28uY28udWsmdXNlcmlkPWpvZTk0MzhAeWFob28uY28udWsmdGFyZ2V0aWQ9JmZsPSZleHRyYT1NdWx0aXZhcmlhdGVJZD0mJiY=&&&10288&&&https://techcrunch.com/2016/08/11/friendblock/?mod=djemCMOToday"
style="color: rgb(38, 138, 199); text-decoration: underline; font-weight: bold;">Facebook
had already come up with a technical fix to nullify Adblock Plus’s move</a>,
reports TechCrunch. Game on.<br>
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