AdBlock Fund Raiser

I just want to take a moment here and talk about something non-yugioh for a minute.  Hope you don’t mind.

I am a huge supporter of AdBlock.  I use it with Google Chrome on every computer I use (my work computer shows it has blocked over 45,000 ads already – And those are just from work-related websites).  Its really nice to be able to bypass advertisements.  Its selfish I know, because lots of online entities receive money from advertisements alone, but I’m not a fan of sitting through a thirty second ad every time I watch a youtube video or between every song on Pandora.

If they want money for their service, charge customers for it.  Don’t offer me a “free” service and then interrupt it to show an ad.  Ads on the sides of pages that don’t interrupt service are fine with me, those are good.  The ones that interrupt service and play before videos and songs are extremely irritating and unneeded.  Its the equivalent of going to the park to relax but having to listen to a guy try to sell you something before you can go in.

Right now, AdBlock is taking donations to help them spread the word to those internet users who don’t currently have AdBlock installed on their browsers by buying advertisements.  Their goal is to reach a minimum of $25,000 but I think they’ll pass that as I type this because its going up by the thousands every hour.

If you want to help them out, click right here and donate to them.  They’re giving away lots of stuff for different levels of donation.  T-shirts, hoodies, stickers, and more.

Also, just so I don’t take too much flack for this, AdBlock can be customized to control which sites are affected by AdBlock.  Sites with non-intrusive ads can be allowed through so you can only block sites that irritate you (like Youtube and Pandora).  It doesn’t have to mean you never see an ad unless you choose that.  If you’ve never used it, give it a shot and see what you think.  After all, its 100% free.