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> When he wastes your bandwidth with ads, he is the devil, but when you waste his bandwidth, it's perfectly OK? Yes. He can try to stop me, just as I try to st
by ultramancool 11y ago
> When he wastes your bandwidth with ads, he is the devil, but when you waste his bandwidth, it's perfectly OK?
Yes. He can try to stop me, just as I try to stop him. This is the game. It's an antagonistic relationship. There's nothing inherently "wrong" about either side - it just is how it is.
> You are not entitled to see the content.
If their server gives me HTML containing the content, it's up to _my_ computer what to render, therefore I am entitled to see or not see whatever is in that response.
I am very entitled to use of my own computer. They do not get to decide what happens once their content is on my end. If I were sending malicious code to their server in order to remove the adds or similar, you'd have an argument but since it's happening entirely on my computer, you don't. The entitlement to how my computer renders it rests entirely on me.
- TheLogothete 11y agoThis is not ad blocking. They told you they don't want your visit and you still go ahead and consume the content. This is not a game. You just like to freeload and when somebody calls your bull, you throw a tantrum.
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- ultramancool 11y agoYikes, angry much? Do you run Forbes or something?
- TheLogothete 11y agoI am amused, not angry. I find self entitled goofs tiring, but like to poke them a bit from time to time. Blocking ads will only make things worse, btw. You just don't see it coming, yet. Just wait for the telcos.
- ultramancool 11y agoTelcos? Please, enlighten me.
- TheLogothete 11y agoWhat do you think will happen when the media companies realize that the promised subscription revenues will never come and scaling web advertising is not a realistic goal for them? Do you think they will say, "oh fuck it" and close shop? Oh, you thought they will wither and die. It's cozy to think that way, but it is not based on reality. They are gonna get bought. And do you know who is in the best position to snatch the market? Yup, you guessed it. They have entered in the ad business in a big way already. Just a select few partners to keep it quiet. For now. Buying distressed media companies is the best path forward. All the reach they need, the sales pipeline and even more data then they already have. Oh that sweet, sweet data. You think your privacy is violated now? LOL. Oh and btw, if you missed it, Verizon bought AOL. Have a nice evening.
- ultramancool 11y agoYeah, definitely seen some sketchy shit like that with consumer grade ISPs, but the way I look at it, as long as the big datacenters don't do it (and I doubt they feasibly could) I'm still in the clear.