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<blockquote data-quote="Arequire" data-source="post: 1067167" data-attributes="member: 59283">If the only thing (and I do mean the only thing) you care about is seeing less annoying ads outside of YouTube, then no, there isn&#039;t an issue with Acceptable Ads (AA).If you&#039;re against being tracked or opening yourself up to infection via malvertising, then AA should be avoided (there is a <a href="https://easylist-downloads.adblockplus.org/exceptionrules-privacy-friendly.txt" target="_blank">non-tracking list for AA</a>, but it&#039;s practically empty save for first-party ads and requires Do Not Track to be enabled, which opens you up to more effective fingerprinting).Then there&#039;s eyeo (developed AA, acts on behalf of the AA committee, and owns Adblock Plus), who has an extremely controversial business model (<a href="https://adblockplus.org/en/about#monetization" target="_blank">demands payment from AA participants that reach 10 million ad impressions per month. Refusing to pay results in participants being removed from the program and subsequently having all their ads blocked</a>), and whom is now <a href="https://resources.eyeo.com/thank-you-youtube" target="_blank">refusing to circumvent YouTube&#039;s anti-adblock measures</a> even though <a href="https://malwaretips.com/threads/youtube-tests-ways-to-stop-ad-blockers-what-to-expect.123130/page-3#post-1067121" target="_blank">YouTube ads are deemed &quot;unacceptable&quot; by the AA criteria</a>.Hopefully that explains it all. Ultimately if you don&#039;t use Adblock or Adblock Plus, you don&#039;t have to care.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Arequire, post: 1067167, member: 59283"] If the only thing (and I do mean the [I]only[/I] thing) you care about is seeing less annoying ads outside of YouTube, then no, there isn't an issue with Acceptable Ads (AA). If you're against being tracked or opening yourself up to infection via malvertising, then AA should be avoided (there is a [URL='https://easylist-downloads.adblockplus.org/exceptionrules-privacy-friendly.txt']non-tracking list for AA[/URL], but it's practically empty save for first-party ads and requires Do Not Track to be enabled, which opens you up to more effective fingerprinting). Then there's eyeo (developed AA, acts on behalf of the AA committee, and owns Adblock Plus), who has an extremely controversial business model ([URL='https://adblockplus.org/en/about#monetization']demands payment from AA participants that reach 10 million ad impressions per month. Refusing to pay results in participants being removed from the program and subsequently having all their ads blocked[/URL]), and whom is now [URL='https://resources.eyeo.com/thank-you-youtube']refusing to circumvent YouTube's anti-adblock measures[/URL] even though [URL='https://malwaretips.com/threads/youtube-tests-ways-to-stop-ad-blockers-what-to-expect.123130/page-3#post-1067121']YouTube ads are deemed "unacceptable" by the AA criteria[/URL]. Hopefully that explains it all. Ultimately if you don't use Adblock or Adblock Plus, you don't have to care. [/QUOTE]

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