List the website(s) you're having issues with:
https://ad.ari.lt/
What happens?
ad.ari.lt gets blocked.
I am the author of https://ad.ari.lt/ (Arivertisements), and I would like to clarify that Arivertisements is not an advertising platform or ad network. Arivertisements is a small open source indie project inspired by https://john.citrons.xyz/ (Johnvertisements). The purpose of this "platform" is simply to allow indie websites, individuals, and alike to embed and share silly images in a lightweight, security-, privacy-, and transparency-respecting way.
Because of the nature of this project, I was surprised to hear a report from users that ad.ari.lt got blocked by EasyList whereas Johnvertisements, which serves a very similar (dare I say near-exact, outside of the FOSS philosophy things) purpose and is significantly more widely used across the web, does not appear to be blocked.
Arivertisements was designed with privacy, security, transparency, supporting the indie web, and minimalism as core philosophical goals. It intentionally avoids the typical behaviours associated with advertising infrastructure, for example:
- no JavaScript in embeds (restricted iframe only)
- no tracking cookies
- no analytics or telemetry
- no fingerprinting or browser detection
- no third-party requests
- no corporate advertisements
The only optional parameter is from=, which allows participating websites to identify themselves for a public leaderboard of participating sites. This parameter is relatively anonymous and is not associated with IP addresses, user identifiers, psychographic profiles, or anything that a standard advertising platform does - it's just like Johnvertisements.
It is also important to note that the code for Arivertisements is open source at https://git.ari.lt/ari.lt/ad.ari.lt (backend) and https://git.ari.lt/ari.lt/arivertisements (images) while Johnvertisements is closed source.
Anyway, in practice, Arivertisements simply serves static images intended for fun community participation on the indie web. Its function is closer to a webring or memes than a standard advertising platform, and it does not promote products, track users, deliver targeted content, etc. - the only bias is for newer images to make the rotation more interesting and encourage contribution. It is also explicitly anti-corporate considering the CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 and AGPL-3.0 licensing.
The commit to blame was pushed at 66523ee . The commit message says "A: https://byemc.xyz/" despite me, my website, or Arivertisements not having any affiliation with Bye whatsoever - like no links or even an Arivertisement by/for them.
I would appreciate a review to determine whether the block is appropriate and correct given the project's minimal, independent, and privacy-respecting design.
Screenshot(s):
Filter lists you're using:
EasyList, EasyList thirdparty(?)
Your settings:
- OS/version: Gentoo Linux
- Browser/version: Librewolf
- Ad block extension/version: uBlockOrigin 1.69.0
Other details:
uBlockOrigin on basically default settings
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