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He's not using any server resources, he's accessing a service that people willingly put up. There is no legal or moral contract that he then has to execute all
by pedrocr 9y ago
He's not using any server resources, he's accessing a service that people willingly put up. There is no legal or moral contract that he then has to execute all the crap code they happen to stuff into the HTTP response.
This also misses the main point. People try to argue, like you're doing here, that publishers need to survive and so you shouldn't ad block. I used to do that with reddit, until I started noticing page loads that wouldn't end and continuous network usage. Reactivating the ad blocker solved that. The reality of the situation is that ad networks are malicious actors and need to be handled as such.
- pavel_lishin 9y agoI am using server resources, but I don't buy into the premise that I must use a particular javascript-enabled client to access an HTTP resource. If you want me to pay you, tell me to pay you, don't just reach into my pocket and start plucking out loose change.
- floatingatoll 9y agoThe main point is Viking textiles. Adblock and web payment methods are not the main point, no matter how interesting they may be to you both.
- cabaalis 9y agoMany sites do have a TOS that prohibits altering their code. The question would be: does selectively choosing not to run certain code constitute altering it? The world seems to have decided the answer is no.