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Because I want to. The publisher is free to put a paywall up; of course we know they won't because nobody will ever pay even $1 for the overwhelming majority of
by lagadu 11y ago
Because I want to. The publisher is free to put a paywall up; of course we know they won't because nobody will ever pay even $1 for the overwhelming majority of the content they have and no publisher in the world has control over my browser, running on my hardware, running on my power so they don't get to prevent me from going around their funny little anti-adblock scripts.
- TheLogothete 11y agoYou click on a link that you know has advertising 2) The site tells you, "hey, we see that you run adblock. If you want to consume our content you have to disable that. If you don't want to disable your adblock, bye." 3)You still go ahead to consume the content. In what universe this is OK?
- ultramancool 11y agoIn a universe where their server still gives you the content.
- TheLogothete 11y agoIf a door is open but has a sign "do not enter" above it, should you enter?
- ultramancool 11y agoIf what I want is inside, yes, always.
- TheLogothete 11y agoSelf-entitlement. Google it.
- ultramancool 11y agoYeah - I'm very entitled to my own computer and I'll use it as I damn well please. Would you expect me to have any other attitude towards my own hardware?
- TheLogothete 11y agoYou are not entitled to other people's computers.
- ultramancool 11y agoYup, that's completely correct. No argument there.
- TheLogothete 11y agoThen why do you access their computers when they have explicitly said they don't want you to? Even further, you circumvent a system they have put in place to stop you from accessing their property.
- ultramancool 11y agoBecause they gave it to me and I just decided how to render it locally on my own computer? There was no unauthorized access as you're suggesting. Blame their server I guess. I'm only working with what they give me.
- TheLogothete 11y agoYou are straight out denying the reality. They didn't give it to you. They put a wall and said "You cannot pass this wall with adblock turned on". You decided to circumvent it. Because...?
- ultramancool 11y ago