Adblock for Firefox & Google Chrome

adblock it actually refers to a specific

one of the many and now-defunct online

advertisement blocking browser extension

called well adblock which was later

forced to become the open source adblock

plus which actually competes directly

with a newer also called adblock browser

extension which is not related although

functionally very similar confusing hey

with that out of the way what

functionality do these extensions have

basically they ride shotgun as you

browse the web and with the help of

either manual input or the use of one of

the many popular pre-done filter sets

prevent you from seeing content you

didn’t intend by sitting between your

browser and a given website and checking

the source of an element or feature on a

web page images for example or in a

video stream and if it matches anything

in the add filter list it will simply

not be displayed this has obvious

benefits the users page loads faster

since unnecessary and sometimes

inappropriate images are never

downloaded obnoxious features like that

thing we’re mousing over a word pops up

a place to buy stuff can be ignored

full-page pop-ups that make you wait

five seconds to read an article can be

skipped distracting junk on the page

like seizure-inducing animated banners

or annoying random audio streams that

are impossible to find in your sea of

browser tabs can become a thing of the

past if you’re on a limited data plan

blocking ads from being downloaded

especially video ads can help you save

on your monthly bill especially relevant

to mobile users and in some cases ad

blockers can even prevent particularly

scumbag ads from stealthily opening new

connections to your browser and actually

following you around to spy on your web

activities once you’ve left the site

where you originally picked them up

sounds great right where do I sign up

well hold on a second

this is actually a bigger decision than

most people think it is and while I’m

not going to give you some however would

be my family sob story since I’m

obviously doing fine

I’d like you to at least consider the

other side of the coin here because

that’s what everything’s about isn’t it

money the services you sign up for the banners

or videos that you click on and even the

ads that you see out of the corner of

your eye those contribute to paying the

server upkeep costs and the salaries of

the people whose content you’re

consuming and by turning off ads you’re

deciding to not support the

aforementioned content creator but Linus

come on they’re downloading crap to my

computer or they have full volume audio

ads I’m not listening to that

and while traditional wisdom dictates

that it’s up to the content provider not

the consumer to decide how much the

content costs and in what manner that

will be paid meaning that the proper way

to vote with your wallet is actually to

boycott the site outright and send a

nasty letter I hear you that’s a lot of

work and most people aren’t going to do

that consumer expectations are changing

which isn’t an invitation to just block

all of our ads in spite of our tech

savvy audience Google Adsense on this

channel contributed almost enough last

year to pay the full-time salary of

someone here at Linus Media Group that

makes a huge impact on our company and

thank you to everyone who lets them run

it’s just one of the reasons that you

might have noticed clever content

creators who understand the

give-and-take relationship they have

with their viewers are exploring other

options that’s your big decision that I

alluded to before nothing in life is

free and if consumers decide they don’t

want to pay that way anymore the free

ad-supported internet paradigm could be

forever altered in fact it’s happening

already we are actually a great case

study on the changes that are occurring

right now and only time and continued

experimentation which we’re doing will

determine what compromise ends up

working best for the creator and the

audience here’s a small example on the

one hand we’ve got YouTube an

ad-supported platform we do enable ads

but we don’t enable the more lucrative

but also more annoying unskipable

pre-rolls at the beginning but then we

countered with baked in sponsor spots at

the end then on the other hand we are

also experimenting with a paid model by

putting our content behind a three

dollar per month membership paywall for

the first week that it’s available on

vessel comm but the benefit is that it’s

up there without any of the usual

sponsor mentions at the end of the video

that sound a little something like fresh

books the online accounting service that

lets freelance workers or small

businesses take care of their business

without spending all their time doing

annoying paperwork it makes invoicing

getting paid and tracking hours and

expenses easier by turning it into an

online tool that you can have with you

all the time it shows a full history of

each invoice allows you to check if your

client has viewed the invoice and allows

you to bill online you can update the

FreshBooks timesheet from anywhere and

pull your project hours right into an

invoice it just makes you feel like

you’re spending your time doing your

work rather than spending your time

chasing around getting paid for your

work so try it out now you can head up a

free trial at the link in the video

description that’s Fresh Books comm slash tech quickie.