Why doesn't adblock just request the ads anyway?

[DrenDran]

... and then refuse to display them.

Then sites wouldn't have to beg people to turn their adblocks off.
Sure, the advertisers would be ripped off, but they wouldn't have any concrete way to find out about it.

[Ad Bot]

[ZSNO]

What?
Most ads are pay-per-click meaning anyone only pays/gets payed if someone clicks the ad.

[DrenDran]

What?
Most ads are pay-per-click meaning anyone only pays/gets payed if someone clicks the ad.

some aren't though, on http://z0r.de/ for instance, the text reads:

...
Just know that, although you are clearly not interested in clicking any of the advertisements on this website, effortlessly viewing them has a large impact on the amount of revenue that is gained from them; ...

[ZSNO]

some aren't though, on http://z0r.de/ for instance, the text reads:

Yes, very few are pay-per-view.
That's why I put

Most

[Oasis]

I don't know how anyone makes money on ads. I think the only Google provided ad I've ever clicked on purposely was Blockland's.

[beachbum111111]

I don't know how anyone makes money on ads. I think the only Google provided ad I've ever clicked on purposely was Blockland's.

Because the people who make the advertisements are under the delusion that if they force their stuff down your throat enough that you will buy it.

[Oasis]

Because the people who make the advertisements are under the delusion that if they force their stuff down your throat enough that you will buy it.

That's not what I was referring to. I was saying if most ads are pay-per-click, and I as a pretty average consumer don't click on ads but rather go search for stuff I want when I want it, how do websites and the like make enough ad revenues to pay for their domains?

I recognize that some people click every ad they see as if endlessly window shopping, but I assume they're few and far between.

[BluetoothBoy]

That's not what I was referring to. I was saying if most ads are pay-per-click, and I as a pretty average consumer don't click on ads but rather go search for stuff I want when I want it, how do websites and the like make enough ad revenues to pay for their domains?

I recognize that some people click every ad they see as if endlessly window shopping, but I assume they're few and far between.

It happens more often than you think. And the companies don't just care about clicks - all you need to do is see it. They're still going to make more money that way, regardless. You can't click on a billboard, yet those still exist.

[The Resonte!]

Then sites wouldn't have to beg people to turn their adblocks off.

i guess we'll need anti-anti-adblock

anti-adblock is for restricting page when you have adblock on

anti-anti adblock is for disabling that

[danisaac5]

i guess we'll need anti-anti-adblock

anti-adblock is for restricting page when you have adblock on

anti-anti adblock is for disabling that

Best idea pre-2014.

[Crispy_]

i guess we'll need anti-anti-adblock

anti-adblock is for restricting page when you have adblock on

anti-anti adblock is for disabling that

but then websites will develop the anti anti anti adblock!

[BluetoothBoy]

but then websites will develop the anti anti anti adblock!

This sounds like a job for... Anti-Anti-Anti-Anti-Block!