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Well in exchange for my dependence on their services they show me ads, and make rather a lot of money doing it.

• j_s 9y ago
  in exchange for my dependence on their services they show me ads ... plus ask you to solve captchas sometimes, right? Is there some line or reason where ads are ok but captchas aren't? Edit: With captchas the site benefits directly from Google, but ads function similarly.
  • Santosh83 9y ago
    Well, you can ignore ads, or not click on them, and get on with your work. You can't do that with captchas unless you're willing to be locked out of the page/site.
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    • j_s 9y ago
      A less charitable interpretation: letting non-ad-blocking others provide enough value / pay the bills makes ads ok but captchas are not ok because they level the playing field / are required. In theory, no ad revenue will eventually lock out the site too.