Color me skeptical. The "community whitelist" approach is seriously limited, and such whitelists tend not to pay attention to the privacy problems that ad networks bring.
I'll just continue to block all Javascript. This allows truly ethical websites to run static ads, and blocks a ton of tracking.
Also, I have a little bit of nitpicking here -- referring to what Magic Lasso does as "ethical ad blocking" implies that other approaches to ad blocking are unethical. I don't agree with that characterization at all.
> I'll just continue to block all Javascript. This allows truly ethical websites to run static ads, and blocks a ton of tracking.
This is definitely a potential approach for 'Pro' users. E.g. those people who understand and can workaround any issues that may arise when JavaScript is not available on a website.
For non-Pro users however, Community Whitelists may be a good alternative. It allows advertising on the small number of websites which do it responsibly while also blocking the potential for tracking across the broader web.
As there is a threshold that a site needs to meet to be on the Community Whitelists, it means that only a small number of sites would be whitelisted and cross-site tracking is still blocked.
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[ 0.21 ms ] story [ 18.8 ms ] threadI'll just continue to block all Javascript. This allows truly ethical websites to run static ads, and blocks a ton of tracking.
Also, I have a little bit of nitpicking here -- referring to what Magic Lasso does as "ethical ad blocking" implies that other approaches to ad blocking are unethical. I don't agree with that characterization at all.
This is definitely a potential approach for 'Pro' users. E.g. those people who understand and can workaround any issues that may arise when JavaScript is not available on a website.
For non-Pro users however, Community Whitelists may be a good alternative. It allows advertising on the small number of websites which do it responsibly while also blocking the potential for tracking across the broader web.
As there is a threshold that a site needs to meet to be on the Community Whitelists, it means that only a small number of sites would be whitelisted and cross-site tracking is still blocked.