Why Peace 1.0 blocks The Deck ads

Marco Arment on his Safari Content Blocker: I was therefore faced with a decision about The Deck. I had to either: Omit The Deck from Ghostery’s database, carving out an exception for the advertiser used by me and many of my friends. Enforce Ghostery’s database consistently, potentially angering my own site’s advertiser and my friends…

Marco Arment on his Safari Content Blocker:

I was therefore faced with a decision about The Deck. I had to either:

  • Omit The Deck from Ghostery’s database, carving out an exception for the advertiser used by me and many of my friends.
  • Enforce Ghostery’s database consistently, potentially angering my own site’s advertiser and my friends who use it.

And once I looked at it like that, it wasn’t a difficult decision. It’s uncomfortable, but I’d rather be consistent and fair.

He made the right decision. Oh, and FYI, if you are using a content blocker to block custom fonts — go for it, but this site will look like shit. I’ve never once tried to optimize it to be useable with fallback fonts. Sorry.

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