Adblock Plus victorious again in court versus publishers arguing users should not be allowed to block ads and deprive them of revenue

[elfensky]

Ad block didn't block a vessel ad yesterday.

I whitelisted Vessel. And not because I love Linus (well I do, but..) but because I want to support the ad-model they're using. 3-second ads on SOME videos... I wish youtube was like that.

[Dabombinable]

Ad block didn't block a vessel ad yesterday.

So....you pay for vessel, get worse quality videos than youtube and get adds? Yeah...I'm not missing anything even if Vessel gets videos earlier.

[xXChaoticSymphonyXx]

If you place content of any type online you accept the risks that come from that choice, just because you put it up it does not guarantee monetary benefits from that content. Free content is no longer free if you demand ad support. 

[patrick3027]

Side note : ABP doesn't block all ads, non obstructive ads aren't blocked.

If those websites used non obstructive ads, there would be no problem

[jaggysnake57]

you tube ads are rediculas....in the middle of a video do you not make enough money thats why i run ad block

[LAwLz]

So....you pay for vessel, get worse quality videos than youtube and get adds? Yeah...I'm not missing anything even if Vessel gets videos earlier.

At the same FPS and same resolution the quality on Vessel is the same as YouTube. In a lot of cases the Vessel video looks better. I made a comparison if you want to see. You can see it pretty clearly in image 2 on the roof tiles.

 

On the video I tested it was:

Video bit rate:

Vessel - 4782 Kbps (H.264)

YouTube - 3704 Kbps (H.264)

 

Audio bit rate:

Vessel - 160 Kbps (2 channel AAC, 48KHz)

YouTube - 126 Kbps (2 channel AAC, 44.1 KHz)

[Dabombinable]

At the same FPS and same resolution the quality on Vessel is the same as YouTube. In a lot of cases the Vessel video looks better. I made a comparison if you want to see. You can see it pretty clearly in image 2 on the roof tiles.

 

On the video I tested it was:

Video bit rate:

Vessel - 4782 Kbps (H.264)

YouTube - 3704 Kbps (H.264)

 

Audio bit rate:

Vessel - 160 Kbps (2 channel AAC, 48KHz)

YouTube - 126 Kbps (2 channel AAC, 44.1 KHz)

That still leaves ads, which means vessel is double dipping. Kind of like Telstra with Foxtel. It used to be a good option due to the fact it had no ads except for those advertising shows on other Foxtel channels. Now you pay well over $50 a month for ads-of which you see 10min+ of each hour you spend watching anything (except the dedicated movie channels). People shouldn't be paying to see ads at all.