Monthly Archives: June 2016

Block YouTube ads with AdClear

As an ad blocker, YouTube is the heavyweight champion of advertising. Since video ads are the most effective, Google puts significant time and resources into ensuring that end users see these ads. These video ads are encrypted and shown on … Continue reading

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Red Herring: Ad Blockers Aren’t Harming the Rampant Growth of Digital Advertising

It’s pretty much confirmed at this point that advertisers are crying wolf. The debate has always been centered around reduced profits as a result of ad blocker adoption, but that loss appears to be exaggerated. We like to use the … Continue reading

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Why Denying the Reasons Behind Ad Blocking Exacerbates the Problem

Mark Thompson, CEO of the New York Times, recently said that “No one who refuses to contribute to the creation of high quality journalism has the right to consume it.” Thompson says that the Times will resort to blocking all … Continue reading

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Users Want Free Ad Blocking on Mobile Phones

Besides paywalls, many content providers are offering users the ability to pay for an ad-free experience. These responses to ad blockers continue to defy public perception. As reported by TUNE, close to 75% of smartphone users wouldn’t pay a dollar … Continue reading

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