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Morally, blocking ads is equivalent of having your butler cut the ads out of the newspaper before handing it to you.
by jeofken 6y ago
Morally, blocking ads is equivalent of having your butler cut the ads out of the newspaper before handing it to you.
- mbirth 6y agoFree newspaper I want to add. Nobody is forcing companies to publish their content freely accessible. I don’t know how many of you people remember the Internet around 2000. People actually paid to be able to publish their stuff on the Internet. Because they wanted to. Without any intent on getting revenue. Unthinkable, I know!
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- wolco2 6y agoAfter stealing the newspaper?
- BlewisJS 6y agoIs it amoral to turn the volume down during radio ads?
- wolco2 6y agoI don't think it's amoral just the same as pirate movies. It's the same.
- jamil7 6y agoStealing a free newspaper?
- wolco2 6y agoNewspapers like the New York Times? The free ones they hand out in subways contain 80% ads. If you cut the ads out you will have nothing left to hold onto.
- jeofken 6y agoBrowsing the web is equivalent of your butler shouting to another butler to please GET /some/page, and the other butler then kindly replying with a document. Theft requires the action to not be voluntary, but a web server replying with a page is free to reject my request. It is entirely moral.
- wolco2 6y agoThe torrent accepts my clients request. My mp3 player will play that song you downloaded as well. It's like your butler downloading a torrent with a song played to you. I won't argue pirating is not moral. But it has the same morality as blocking ads.
- jeofken 6y agoI agree that copyright law does not make sense