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Comment on bynamite is in hobby mode by ginsu

ginsu — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 00:56:48 +0000

Sorry, ultimately we did shut down the service, as I couldn’t justify the operating costs without any revenue model. Coincidentally, I did get a chance to help improve transparency and choice about ads personalization at my current work – http://adwords.blogspot.com/2011/10/improved-transparency-and-choice-with.html

Comment on bynamite is in hobby mode by Unfortunately not Anonymous

Unfortunately not Anonymous — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 16:33:39 +0000

(FYI)

Your ideas and addon seems right, your attitude and philosophy seems right. Kudos. The world needs a lot more like you that knows how far things have gone, and that the consequences and the future is worrying to say the least.

There’s only one problem! I really wanted to try it out but it doesn’t work at all. The link to your “honest” (haven’t read it) is 404. The addon connects to wwws.. Manually changing to www. works, but again, 404.

I understand your decision to put it “on hold”, but it doesn’t seem work to at all…?

Thanks!

Comment on why doesn't everyone use AdBlock? by Quora

Quora — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 22:56:21 +0000

Why don’t more people use Adblock Plus or other ad-blocking software?…

I’ve wondered this myself. There’s a fairly good discussion of the theories out there at http://bynamite.com/blog/2010/04/12/why-doesnt-everyone-use-adblock/ I lean toward the theory that it is too much work (finding and installing a plug-in is weir…

Comment on privacy and stupidity by launch PR: New York Times vs TechCrunch « ginsudo

launch PR: New York Times vs TechCrunch « ginsudo — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 01:21:54 +0000

[...] the other hand, our product goes contrary to the tech orthodoxy that had largely proclaimed that no one cares about privacy. Would TechCrunch readers be the wrong audience for our more mainstream [...]

Comment on why doesn't everyone use AdBlock? by Opensource Obscure

Opensource Obscure — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 13:45:47 +0000

2 months later, Apple announces both Safari Reader, that “removes annoying ads and other visual distractions”, and iAds, that *brings* annoying ads to next-generation devices for content-consuming.

Ginsu, thanks for writing – your blog is on my toplist.

Comment on Internet privacy isn't about privacy by privacy and stupidity | bynamite.com

privacy and stupidity | bynamite.com — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:31:54 +0000

[...] tech observer claims that “no one cares about privacy anymore.” Personally, I think privacy is a lie – a giant red herring to distract people from the real issues. But these strident [...]