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A web page which integrates ads from external ad networks is just as intrusive though. There's actually nothing wrong with curated self-hosted ads (which would

A web page which integrates ads from external ad networks is just as intrusive though. There's actually nothing wrong with curated self-hosted ads (which would be similar to traditional print magazine ads), but just opening up a part of your webpage to let a 3rd-party run potentially malicious code on my device is borderline criminal. From that perspective, an ad-blocker should be pretty much mandatory for security reasons and should be a standard feature of every browser, just like popup blockers are now expected.

frumper 3y ago
I don’t care if you use an ad blocker, but that is most certainly allowing you to view content you want without providing the intended revenue to the provider. That is just the reality.
- flohofwoe 3y ago
  I'm aware of that reality, but tbh, I don't care either. It's a business model decision by that content provider, and if that business model no longer works (because for instance too many people install an ad-blocker) it's their problem to find a different business model that works under that new reality (just as they were forced to find a new business model when popup blockers became mainstream). It's not that there are no options (for instance a subscription paywall or a 'pay-per-view' solution, that would also allow to judge whether the content quality is actually worth anything to anybody).
  - frumper 3y ago
    Cool. Glad we agree that you want the content but don’t want to provide what they’re asking for it, and that you don’t care.
    - flohofwoe 3y ago
      Well, yeah, I also switch to a different channel on TV when the ads are starting. Does that make me a bad person? ;)
      - amaroq 3y ago
        You have to watch the ad. Switching channels or looking at something else? That’s theft.
        qbrass 3y ago
        And don't you dare grab a snack or use the toilet until after the show comes back on.
    - j16sdiz 3y ago
      It's a good thing, actually. Lots of HNer talking pass each other because they won't acknowledge they don't care.

frumper 3y ago

I don’t care if you use an ad blocker, but that is most certainly allowing you to view content you want without providing the intended revenue to the provider. That is just the reality.

flohofwoe 3y ago
I'm aware of that reality, but tbh, I don't care either. It's a business model decision by that content provider, and if that business model no longer works (because for instance too many people install an ad-blocker) it's their problem to find a different business model that works under that new reality (just as they were forced to find a new business model when popup blockers became mainstream). It's not that there are no options (for instance a subscription paywall or a 'pay-per-view' solution, that would also allow to judge whether the content quality is actually worth anything to anybody).
- frumper 3y ago
  Cool. Glad we agree that you want the content but don’t want to provide what they’re asking for it, and that you don’t care.
  - flohofwoe 3y ago
    Well, yeah, I also switch to a different channel on TV when the ads are starting. Does that make me a bad person? ;)
    - amaroq 3y ago
      You have to watch the ad. Switching channels or looking at something else? That’s theft.
      - qbrass 3y ago
        And don't you dare grab a snack or use the toilet until after the show comes back on.
  - j16sdiz 3y ago
    It's a good thing, actually. Lots of HNer talking pass each other because they won't acknowledge they don't care.