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Educate me - which adblocker is it that you know of that removes the adverts from websites and then sells the resulting ad-free site to the user? To suggest th
by Jem 18y ago
Educate me - which adblocker is it that you know of that removes the adverts from websites and then sells the resulting ad-free site to the user?
To suggest that blocking an advert is stealing assumes that the author of the web page would make money off that advert in the first place. Furthermore, that logic suggests that anyone who chooses to ignore advertising rather than just blocking it is also guilty because they're depriving the publisher of a potential income too. Total rubbish.
- axod 18y agoBlocking an advert when viewing an ad supported website is stealing. You are stealing bandwidth, processing power, storage, electricity, etc Society is about give and take. Adblocking is about take.
- Jem 18y agoLike I said, by that logic anyone who chooses not to click adverts are also stealing. Do you click every advert you see just to make sure you're compensating for 'stolen' bandwidth, processing power, storage, electricity? FYI: I redistribute scripts under GPL licensing. I don't ask for donations, nor do I litter my pages with advertising. I consider that pretty "giving" - and no, I don't have problems with people 'stealing' my bandwidth, processing power, storage or electricity.
- axod 18y agoNo, I treat websites with the benefit of the doubt. If they provide advertising that is useful to me, I click on it. By blocking all advertising on all websites you're sticking your fingers in your ears. Personally, I find adverts useful. Websites that resort to crappy user experience adverts - popups/unders/flash etc usually aren't worth visiting in the first place.