Comments on: Google Begins Removing Ad-Blocker Apps From Google Play

By: bromaier

bromaier — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 10:42:00 +0000

I mean, I’d be amazed if they allowed them to begin with.

By: avinyc

avinyc — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 00:38:00 +0000

That’s why I wrote that in reply to the first post. My apologies for the missing /s but sarcasm was implied.

By: Av3ngeme

Av3ngeme — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 00:06:00 +0000

Well that’s the dumbest thing I’ve heard all day, why don’t you try typing in “iOS ad blocking app” into google, should get at least a half dozen apps for adblocking. Try again.

By: Zooropa

Zooropa — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 03:56:00 +0000

As much as I hate ads if it’s a free app I expect to deal with them to some degree as long as it isn’t excessively intrusive. If I really like the app I’ll pay a reasonable amount to get rid of the ads. In regards to free apps that don’t have a paid version available it depends on how intrusive the ads are. If they take a up a large portion of the screen at inopportune times I’ll quit using the app.

By: Zooropa

Zooropa — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 03:49:00 +0000

Song pop has ads in the paid version…less ads but still there nonetheless

By: BushDidIt

BushDidIt — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 20:34:00 +0000

Make something of value and people will buy it. If it has to be free, it’s worthless. As for revenue, Angry Birds makes money merchandising their brand. The same can be said for many children’s tv shows.

My DVR doesn’t forbid fast forwarding past commercials.

Lazy devs need to sell worthwhile content or build and merchandise a strong brand. It has always been this way.

By: Mike Lierman

Mike Lierman — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 19:30:00 +0000

I really wouldn’t mind ads, and I want to support developers, after all, they spend time and money making free apps, that may have a few ads. What I find to be UNACCEPTABLE however, are scammy and spammy ads. Ads that are animated and flash so fast it can cause a seizure. Or how about popup ads with automatic videos that start playing. If I’m using an app in a meeting and all of a sudden a video starts playing, and everyone looks at me….. Yeah NO. This is why I block ads. Disallow animated ads on mobile devices and I’ll stop blocking ads.

By: DieGrammatikNazi

DieGrammatikNazi — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 18:15:00 +0000

KCCO

By: Higher_Ground

Higher_Ground — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 15:41:00 +0000

Is there a developer’s perspective on this? I was under the impression that ad blockers didn’t hurt revenue. Either you are paid for clicks (and people who use ad blockers wouldn’t click ads to begin with) or you are paid based on how many people use the app and for how long. Add blockers just keep the ad from displaying so the developer still gets paid bc the ads can’t tell you are blocking them.

By: Mark Wilk

Mark Wilk — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 15:02:00 +0000

I don’t mind ads in general if they are out of the way. I DO mind ads that take up the entire screen or are positioned in a way that makes it easy to accidentally click especially large ads that overtake the screen requiring me to click the “x” if I actually want to use the app. IMO the button to close a square ad should be as large as the button to go to the link with most of the ad being unclickable. I’m looking at you, Pandora.

By: avinyc

avinyc — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 14:27:00 +0000

Yea, it’s an android problem because ios doesn’t have ad blocking apps too…

By: avinyc

avinyc — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 14:22:00 +0000

Not a comment directly towards you, but to those that feel a paid app is overpriced. Get a job, pay for app, and enjoy it ad-free. If you have time to play but not to pay, maybe you should re-evaluate priorities.

By: Brian Sargent

Brian Sargent — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 12:32:00 +0000

Or just get an ad blocker. Thanks for the tip on how to uninstall apps!

By: slider112

slider112 — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 11:34:00 +0000

Nah. I’ll just block the ads. But thanks for the suggestion. Hadn’t thought of that.

By: michael arazan

michael arazan — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 07:29:00 +0000

I don’t mind ads on a free app but when those ads Force close the app when I open it, and interfere with me using the app, or take up over a 1/3 of the screen to use the app then I have a problem with it. I.e. angry birds ads now take up over 1/3 of the screen screwing up the game completely by not being able to see what you are doing and touching the add constantly to play.
I buy apps if they have a paid version to get rid of the ads, and have donated in the past when it was free. But some don’t have a paid version of the app and others fill it with so many ads it renders it useless.