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Comment by irahul | Hacker News Reader

> publishers have the right to respond, either by blocking access to ad-block users

All the best with that. The number of sites on which I will have to disable ad-blocker because you won't show the content otherwise is in single digits.

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Nobody is against publishers blocking access to ad-block users. But if 80% use ad-blocks, you block out your entire audience and let it surf to the competition who figured out how to serve ads that are not making people puke (ie. sponsored stories, endorsements, non-intrusive ads, social selling etc.)

It really is the fault of publishers that people hate internet ads.

I think it's the same reasoning with paywalls. I stopped going on pando when they paywalled. I don't see why I would pay to read Paul Carr feuding against the Intercept, the entertainment value is mild, and frankly I would better use my leisure money at the pub or for renting movies.

I don't think I have any exception to my ad-blocker. I have not yet encountered something I want bad enough to make an exception, and asking me to make an exception is a reminder that I'm the product, which is not exactly the most positive call to action.

I make exceptions for ad supported sites that don't use trackers, like Duck Duck Go. I think we all should :)

There's someone around who matters more than you: Googlebot. Google wants sites to serve users and Googlebot much the same page, and will penalise sites who don't.

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