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It's all about implicit vs explicit contracts. Blocking ads on your own device is a breach of an "implicit contract" that the website owner thinks you have with
by grishka 2y ago
It's all about implicit vs explicit contracts. Blocking ads on your own device is a breach of an "implicit contract" that the website owner thinks you have with them, but that you've never entered into or even seen, because it's not written out anywhere, it's "assumed". Riding public transit without a ticket is breaching an explicit contract with the transit agency that you entered into when you physically entered their property, and that is usually printed out and posted somewhere. In some places it's a municipal law as well.
- fastball 2y agoUsing adblocker on YouTube (for example) is a violation of the ToS, which is not an "implicit contract".
- grishka 2y agoIt's still kinda implicit because ToS is not legally binding and not enforceable ("by continuing use, you agree blah blah blah" is just someone covering their asses), and because everything you do happens on your own device, not someone else's property. It's more of a suggestion than a law. The most an online service can do for a ToS violation is to ban your account, if you even have one to begin with.
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