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I don't believe that companies have the right to say that my user agent must run their ads. They can politely request that it does and I can tell my agent wheth
by lolinder 2y ago
I don't believe that companies have the right to say that my user agent must run their ads. They can politely request that it does and I can tell my agent whether to show them or not.
- jsheard 2y agoTrue, but by the same measure your user agent can politely request a webpage and the server has the right to say 403 Forbidden. Nobody is required to play by the other parties rules here.
- lolinder 2y agoExactly. The trouble is that companies want the benefits of being on the open web without the trade-offs. They're more than welcome to turn me down entirely, but they don't do that because that would have undesirable knock-on effects. So instead they try to make it sound like I have a moral obligation to render their ads.