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On the contrary, the websites who display ads steal screen space on my machine without paying me for it, some of them even steal computing time by running unaut
by 13415 6y ago
On the contrary, the websites who display ads steal screen space on my machine without paying me for it, some of them even steal computing time by running unauthorized scripts.
- lxgr 6y agoBy the same argument you are stealing the website‘s bandwidth by visiting it without clicking on the ads. These reductionist approaches don‘t really help with understanding ads (and communication in general).
- 13415 6y agoI was kidding, of course. Neither running an ad blocker nor running a website that runs script is stealing anything. However, I do run an ad blocker and I'm completely fine if every company that relies on ads for income goes out of business. In fact, I'd appreciate it.