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They gave it to you for free on the assumption you would look at the ads. They didn't have to give it to you. You didn't have to take it. It's called freedom.
by odbol_ 10y ago
They gave it to you for free on the assumption you would look at the ads. They didn't have to give it to you. You didn't have to take it. It's called freedom.
- shakna 10y agoBut because I have it, I have the freedom to use it how I want. That freedom was confirmed in the EU for cars, and some other personal devices recently. If its in your control, its yours to use. I request a webpage, and receive back text data. My browser parses and manipulates it into a visual form. If I want, I can discard any piece of the data before displaying - and browsers frequently do this when syntax errors occur. Is a browser obligated to serve the user an error if the data is incomplete? Why is the browser then obligated to display another page in its complete form? Especially if said complete form contains software designed to break the security of the browser? Its just not an ethical issue. The ad industry needs to pivot. They've lost their credibility that they can be trusted. Visiting Forbes today may be as dangerous as visiting a torrent site in the early 90s. You don't know till you execute the code, so why not stop treating the browser like a sex partner who might just have HIV, but you're not sure, and start wearing a little protection?
- chris_wot 10y agoSo, they have given you the magazine. You don't distribute it to anyone. You now own the physical medium, but not the rights to reproduce the content, but if you want to cut out the article and stick it on your refrigerator door should they be able to stop you from doing this?