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Why not automate it, I've already spent countless hours over the past 2 months working on this software, I'm not wasting that time.
by ajayyy 7y ago
Why not automate it, I've already spent countless hours over the past 2 months working on this software, I'm not wasting that time.
- shortformblog 7y agoThis punches down. Don’t punch down.
- Nullabillity 7y agoThe people who take these sponsorships are punching down by abusing their reputation to hawk this kind of crap, often also in ways that make it unclear that they're being paid to do it.[0][1] [0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20781415 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20781415 [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20780305 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20780305
- shortformblog 7y agoThey’re trying to make a few bucks. You’re trying to get their content for free without supporting them, and doing double-backflips to try to convince yourself that you have the moral high ground. You don’t.
- krispbyte 7y agoHow is this different from using an adblocker?
- shortformblog 7y agoThere is no tracking involved with a paid sponsorship. This is not like some crazy adtech here. This is literally someone just trying to pay some bills by hawking a product—the ethical concerns are significantly less.
- kevin_thibedeau 7y agoYeah, but your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should.
- ajayyy 7y agoI've thought of that a lot. You can look through my comments on this thread and my comments on https://www.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/cl5t45/i_made_an_addon_that_allows_you_to_skip_those/ https://www.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/cl5t45/i_made_an_a... This was all built because of unethical ads, not because I was tired of seeing sponsors. I still don't think blocking every sponsor is the best option ethically, I think whitelisting is something that should be done to make it more ethical. I also think people should consider whitelisting channels from ublock origin (I do that). More info here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20780728 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20780728