This guy (and his employer) is upset because, like in the music industry, consumer-driven countermeasures to questionable business practices are prompting new b

This guy (and his employer) is upset because, like in the music industry, consumer-driven countermeasures to questionable business practices are prompting new business models. And like the failed attempts at DRMing all the things, these "workarounds" are going to end up hurting publishers more if they pursue it. Give me an alternative to this "piracy" (HA!) and if it's good enough, I'll pay. Or say I turn off my ad blocker. Will TechCrunch et al. stop creating pointless articles with titles optimized to get clicks, i.e. page views for their now-unblocked ads? [1] Bloggers are in the same business as advertisers of swindling users into viewing their content, and under the more dangerous guise of "useful information" and sometimes "reliable fact-based reporting." Ads aren't the entire problem. It's the systematic use of psychological tricks and behavioral analytics to direct and hold our attention in an increasingly noisy internet. So I'm not going to listen to producers with vested interests when they question my "ethics" for exerting control over my information consumption. Good try, though. [2] [1] Obviously TC isn't the worst perpetrator, but I did scroll to the bottom of this article and instantly get a title to pique my reactionary interest: "Are We At The End Of The Android Heyday?" (http://techcrunch.com/gallery/are-we-at-the-end-of-the-android-heyday/ http://techcrunch.com/gallery/are-we-at-the-end-of-the-andro...). [2] Anyone else notice the previous title from the permalink? "Raymond Carver Loved Ads." This one was much better.