I do have a general question for the programmers out there... just to see what people's stance is on the topic. If a programmer builds something and wants to make money off of it, one very common way is using ads. I was wondering if programmers are for or against a tool like this that integrates ad blocking. I have no bias either way, I was just curious.
One thing to keep in mind is that even if a user is using ad blocking, it doesn't necessarily make him worthless to your business. Users still share, invite friends, and help drive traffic to your product. And they're especially valuable if there's a network effect to your product.
You won't become a billionaire this way, but you can do just fine.
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Think of it like going to the doctor for "disease discovery". You go to the doctor to get healed, and you should probably go for checkups. You certainly you don't expect doctors to go around peddling their wares to you 24/7.