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> Someone who has an adblocker installed is unlikely to be respective to ads

Any statistics to believe this is true? I know for a fact it's false for myself because I do sometimes click on ads when I don't block them.



I never said it doesn't happen. You're the odd case and of course there's someone who had adblock installed for them. I just said "unlikely", because they went out of their way to install the adblocker.


I myself will go to any length to avoid advertising. Luckily its pretty easy.


One of the reasons for ads is not clicks, but increased brand recognition/familiarity. Brand familiarity and brand choice are proven to be highly correlated.


Ads appearing when you don't block them isn't really an issue.

When you are blocking ads, do you click on them? I wouldn't: I'd instead be annoyed that I'm seeing ads when I have an adblocker running.


> Ads appearing when you don't block them isn't really an issue. When you are blocking ads, do you click on them? I wouldn't: I'd instead be annoyed that I'm seeing ads when I have an adblocker running.

Yeah I do, that's literally what I'm saying. I've clicked on ads that have slipped through.


Most call centers has a policy to stop if the recipient clearly says no.

Is there statistics to support this as a business decision? How effective is continued pestering a person in order to sell a product. The Sales Pitch by Philip K. Dick comes in mind.




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