Want to rid your web page of all adverts? Use Ad Block Firefox extension
There is absolutely no doubt that the owners of the web sites give top priority to the advertisements that are being hosted on the web pages. As far as the owners of the web sites are concerned, the advertisements help them earn revenue and the revenue helps them earn a profit and keep the website running. More often than not, content is the relegated to a secondary position due to the greed of the owner of the website to earn as much profit is possible. It is important to remember that the surfer of the World Wide Web does not visit web pages simply to view advertisements.
It is the content that attracts the end user of the web browsing software application to websites. The owners of the web sites are certainly under the moral responsibility to incorporate quality content in the web sites. They are under the duty to arrive at a balance between showcasing content and showcasing the advertisements. However, the ground reality is very different. The advertisements compete with the content and other advertisements to attract the attention of the individual surfer. This is the reason why garish and extremely loud advertisements are being hosted on web sites.
Nowadays, it is very common for videos, animations, flash movies and AVI movies to be hosted on web pages in the name of advertisements. Downloading these advertisements and viewing them on the World Wide Web involves usage of bandwidth. In such a scenario, I do not think the end user of the web browsing software application is mistaken in reserving the right to block those advertisements that he or she does not want to view. Why would I want to download an animation advertisement when I am not interested in purchasing anything on the World Wide Web?
Why should I pay for usage of bandwidth when I am not getting anything valuable in return? Individuals often compare the presence of advertisements and web pages with the presence of advertisements on television. It is pertinent to note that the viewers of television are not charged by the quantity of content that has been transferred from the television to the service provider and vice versa. Had that been the case, there is no doubt that the viewers of the television would have insisted on retaining the right to choose which advertisement they want to see and which advertisement they want to skip. It is this right that the Firefox web browsing software application is protecting.
In my opinion, the Firefox web browsing software application is not doing anything wrong by offering the Ad Block Firefox extension to the end users. The fact that the end users of the Firefox web browsing software application have indicated their preference and have favored the Ad Block Firefox extension has shaken the owners of the web sites. The fact that the end users have gone to the extent of blocking the advertisements completely ought to make the owners of the web sites sit up and think. Perhaps it is time for a World Wide Web where the web pages are not dominated by intrusive and irritating advertisements.
Perhaps it is time for the owners of the web sites to behave in a responsible manner. It is time that the owners of the website satisfy the requirements of the end users first before trying to earn money out of their web site. The success of the Mozilla Firefox web browsing software application is sufficient proof that satisfying the customer is the best way to survive in any business. You cannot survive in the World Wide Web for long if you pick up a fight with the surfers of the World Wide Web.
The best thing for the developers of the websites would be to stoop to conquer. Focus on satisfying the end user’s first before talking about your profits.
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