They call it “dark traffic” - ads that are not seen by tech-savvy users who have excellent ad blockers.

Not surprised that its growing. The web is unusable without an ad blocker and its only getting worse, and will continue to get worse every month.

  • AeonFelis@lemmy.worldEnglish
    22·
    3 days ago

    “The growth of dark traffic undermines the ability of publishers to fund the production of quality content, or even operate as a business. We must recognise users are not the main driver causing this.”

    And Scott Messer, founder of publishing adtech consultancy Messer Media, added: “Dark traffic is unlike anything we have seen before. It’s demonetising publisher content at scale without user consent.

    Are they trying to present it as if poor innocent users need to be protected from the vile ad blockers?

    • Olhonestjim@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      2 days ago

      Bold of them to claim they produce quality content. Such businesses should die right along with their advertisers.

    • JcbAzPx@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      3 days ago

      Definitely. They are likely laying the groundwork to make using an adblocker a criminal offense.