So I went ahead and read your bakery analogy at the link you provided. I have not previously viewed it. First, snark, sarcasm and satire are certainly an effe

So I went ahead and read your bakery analogy at the link you provided. I have not previously viewed it. First, snark, sarcasm and satire are certainly an effective way to get a point across sometimes (ex:[0] which is currently the most upvoted 'apply hn'). However, it's not always be the way to express an argument. Indeed, your analogy about the bakery isn't even about the moral, ethical, technical, or legal issues of the topic. Any argument that you may have meant to make about ad blocking is belied by your conclusion which is "(how I feel people sound when they talk about their right to use ad blockers over the wishes of the people who the ads would be paying and whose servers are serving the content.)". You made an argument attacking people, not an argument about how adblocking is wrong (regardless of your intent). Had I read the above when it was originally posted, I likely would have downvoted it. Not because I disagree with you, but because I feel that HN is not a place where character attacks are welcome. Assuming that this is just 'groupthink' (with no other cause) is an error. [0] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11441480 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11441480