#133 Ad Blockers

Approximately one in four consumers uses an ad blocker. But do they stop to consider whether that is actually a good thing for them? In this episode, we briefly touch on the technical aspects of ad blockers before having a larger discussion around the ethical and economic considerations of ad blocking technology. Show Notes • Episode 6: How Does the Web Work? (https://pnc.st/s/kopec-explains-software/faffaffb63e34c2c/how-does-the-web-work-) • Episode 82: What Are Cookies? (https://pnc.st/s/kopec-explains-software/340d30b0/what-are-cookies-) • Ad Blocking (https://pubsonline.informs.org/doi/abs/10.1287/mnsc.2021.4106) - academic article mentioned in episode Follow us on X @KopecExplains (https://twitter.com/kopecexplains) . Theme “Place on Fire” Copyright 2019 Creo (www.creo-music.com) , CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Find out more at http://kopec.live Read transcript (https://pnc.st/s/kopec-explains-software/bb1985a0/ad-blockers/transcript)