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No, that is a cop out and a rationalization for why you feel you're entitled to stuff for free.
by s73v3r 11y ago
No, that is a cop out and a rationalization for why you feel you're entitled to stuff for free.
- msandford 11y agoI don't use ad blocking software! So it can't be considered that I'm using some kind of cop-out or rationalization, since I'm not doing the thing that is supposedly bad. I think there's a huge difference between what's legal and moral. I think ad blocking is quite legal, and morally questionable. If the publishers want to get together and define a new protocol where acceptance of the terms of the TOS is included in the standard and then convince everyone to switch to it, they're free to do that. I suspect that they won't have any luck, but there's nothing stopping them. Again, I say this as a person who does not use ad blocking software.
- Khaine 11y agoSites like eBay hosted malvertising (http://motherboard.vice.com/en_uk/read/ads-on-ebay-and-drudge-report-were-coopted-by-malware-for-three-weeks http://motherboard.vice.com/en_uk/read/ads-on-ebay-and-drudg...) for 3 weeks. 3 fking weeks!! This is unacceptable. Simply visiting a website with ads poses a threat to the security of your devices. Until ad networks and publishers fix this, they can go fk themselves. I will block ads to protect my devices.