Comments on: Mobile Ad Blocking: Who’s Doing It and Why https://www.tune.com/blog/mobile-ad-blocking-who-and-why/ Performance Marketing Platform Tue, 27 Jul 2021 20:39:42 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 By: Lazza https://www.tune.com/blog/mobile-ad-blocking-who-and-why/#comment-7221 Sat, 28 Jan 2017 14:51:00 +0000 https://www.tune.com/blog/?p=32921#comment-7221 I am using ad blockers both on desktop and mobile for a combination of basically all reasons you pointed out in this interesting article:

– time consumption (adding tons of HTTP requests slows things down really bad, especially on 3G networks)
– data consumption (when I’m using a mobile phone I pay for a certain amount of data, if I cross the line my connection gets slowed down to 32kbps by the carrier, so I can only use Whatsapp or similar low traffic services)
– privacy (there is no reason why advertisers should know exactly all the sites I visit and profile every single move I do)
– annoying placement (it’s really crazy to think I should open a page just to see a full-page modal ad covering the content, or a mobile app where the bottom 48 pixels are ads, even in landscape mode)

]]> By: johnkoetsier https://www.tune.com/blog/mobile-ad-blocking-who-and-why/#comment-5301 Wed, 06 Apr 2016 17:28:00 +0000 https://www.tune.com/blog/?p=32921#comment-5301 In reply to Nathan Vander Heyden.

Interesting! Thanks 🙂

]]> By: johnkoetsier https://www.tune.com/blog/mobile-ad-blocking-who-and-why/#comment-5299 Fri, 25 Mar 2016 21:36:00 +0000 https://www.tune.com/blog/?p=32921#comment-5299 In reply to Nathan Vander Heyden.

Hah 🙂

]]> By: Nathan Vander Heyden https://www.tune.com/blog/mobile-ad-blocking-who-and-why/#comment-5295 Fri, 18 Mar 2016 07:38:00 +0000 https://www.tune.com/blog/?p=32921#comment-5295 In reply to johnkoetsier.

True, I’m typically in apps. Maybe I also expect everything to be slower on mobile and that’s why loading ads doesn’t bother me? Not sure 😛

]]> By: johnkoetsier https://www.tune.com/blog/mobile-ad-blocking-who-and-why/#comment-5293 Thu, 17 Mar 2016 18:43:00 +0000 https://www.tune.com/blog/?p=32921#comment-5293 In reply to Nathan Vander Heyden.

Thanks, Nathan.

Interesting that on mobile, ads don’t bother you as much. Is that because you’re typically in apps and they have restrictions on the number/frequency/intrusiveness of ads, so they’re not quite as annoying?

]]> By: Nathan Vander Heyden https://www.tune.com/blog/mobile-ad-blocking-who-and-why/#comment-5289 Wed, 16 Mar 2016 11:00:00 +0000 https://www.tune.com/blog/?p=32921#comment-5289 In reply to johnkoetsier.

On desktop. Mostly because the ads I get are irrelevant. Also because they take too much time to load/performance. I have AdBlocker enabled all the time except for a few select websites I want to support 🙂

For some reason, mobile ads don’t bother me as much.

Good article John, thanks a lot!

]]> By: johnkoetsier https://www.tune.com/blog/mobile-ad-blocking-who-and-why/#comment-5275 Tue, 15 Mar 2016 18:02:00 +0000 https://www.tune.com/blog/?p=32921#comment-5275 Are you using an ad blocking solution on desktop? On mobile? If yes, why … and if no … why not?

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