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    Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 11 Jan 2017

    To me, http://forbes.com  is just a page with an insipid quote and a box that says "Adblock Detected." Have they thought this through?

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      2. Stefan Lochner‏ @slochner 11 Jan 2017
        Replying to @paulg

        seems incredibly unfair to exclude "customers" who dont want to participate in your business model

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      3. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 11 Jan 2017
        Replying to @slochner

        I wouldn't say unfair, but definitely stupid.

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      4. Mark McLaren‏ @MarkMcLaren6 11 Jan 2017
        Replying to @paulg @slochner

        Suppose Forbes split test found they served ads to 10% more people by blocking AdBlock. Would it still be stupid?

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      1. Preston Marshall‏ @bbhoss 11 Jan 2017
        Replying to @paulg @Forbes

        I started subconsciously skipping over there links months/years ago. Basically right after I found out it wasn't a glitch

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      1. Cae Silva‏ @mistercae 11 Jan 2017
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        You mean forbes is not meant as an inspirational-quotes database? Always enjoyed my daily quotes.. =-/

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      2. Gary Cameron‏ @InsanelyHealthy 13 Jan 2017
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        Sadly #adblockplus exists because advertisers have gotten stupid.

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      1. The Kit Sunde Experience‏ @kitsunde 11 Jan 2017
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        Try @brave, it almost always works against ad-blocker-blockers.

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      1. Andrew Kraemer‏ @Kidman007 11 Jan 2017
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        I feel like their isolating their younger & brighter readers.

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      1. Karm‏ @karmsingh 11 Jan 2017
        Replying to @paulg @Forbes

        same, they're losing users

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      1. Awais Hussain‏ @Ahussain4 11 Jan 2017
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        Blendle seem to have the best idea to fix this. Per-article micropayments to get beyond all media paywalls. https://launch.blendle.com 

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      1. Andrei Popovici‏ @andreipopovici 11 Jan 2017
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        You might not belong to their target audience :/

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      1. Patrick Devine‏ @pdev110 11 Jan 2017
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        there's value in people consuming your product even if they aren't paying you. Worst thing in the world is to be irrelevant

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      1. 𝓓𝓪𝓷𝓲𝓮𝓵 𝓚𝓻𝓪𝓯𝓽‏ @wamdamdam 11 Jan 2017
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        They're not noticing ublock however.

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      1. Gordon Shephard‏ @ghshephard 11 Jan 2017
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        they've cornered the market on people who don't care if there is malware injected into their system?

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      1. Andrei Kucharavy‏ @andrei_chiffa 11 Jan 2017
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        Don't think so - otherwise they would have "we guarantee our ads won't infect your computer or distract you" instead of quote

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      1. set -euo pipefail‏ @Profpatsch 11 Jan 2017
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        You haven’t lost anything. Go surf greener pastures.

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      1. George Harrap‏ @George_harrap 11 Jan 2017
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        use @brave browser and you shall be enlightened

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      1. Stock Viking‏ @StockViking 11 Jan 2017
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        Forbes will find that going forward, this business model will make them less and less relevant each day.

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      1. Lord Mondegreen‏ @b11c 11 Jan 2017
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        You should try uBlock Origin. Generally much better experience.

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