tag:old-support.getadblock.com,2013-08-06:/discussions/suggestions/15194-1x1-pixel-adsAdBlock: Discussion 2015-11-17T16:56:36Ztag:old-support.getadblock.com,2013-08-06:Comment/384762582015-11-17T16:56:35Z2015-11-17T16:56:35Z1x1 pixel ads?<div><p>Hi Stephen,</p>
<p>Thanks for your suggestion! We've gone back and forth over
something like this for a while now. Is it ethical to download ads,
thus making the site owner and advertisers think the ads are being
seen, but not show them? Someone somewhere along the line is being
cheated that way. Maybe it's the advertisers, and few people would
feel much sympathy for them. Still, we don't like cheating
anyone.</p>
<p>We would prefer to work to find a better way to fund the web.
Right now, that means making better ads, honestly. That's why we
made the difficult decision to participate in the Acceptable Ads
initiative. It's not perfect by any means! It's only a start. And
we will always make it easy for users to disable ads entirely, and
we will always try to find ways to enforce users' choices on sites
that refuse to work with an ad blocker running.</p>
<p>Sorry for the rather long-winded reply to your very good
suggestion! :)</p>
<p>Rhana<br>
AdBlock Community Manager</p></div>Rhana