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'Running a business' is not carte blanche to do whatever you like to get money, and it does not silence valid criticism. Businesses still exist in society and h
by Eisenstein 7mo ago
'Running a business' is not carte blanche to do whatever you like to get money, and it does not silence valid criticism. Businesses still exist in society and have to act accordingly. A primary mechanism that society has to enforce rules is criticism and shame.
- WarmWash 7mo agoHave you ever entertained that maybe consumers should act accordingly too? That website is loaded with too many ads, I left it and am not going back. Not That website has too many ads, I'm getting an ad blocker and going back.
- Eisenstein 7mo agoA business is not entitled to make people look at their ads. If they offer something in a publicly accessible place and they get ad eyeballs, good for them. If they don't, sucks for them. If they don't like it there are plenty of other markets they can do business in.
- WarmWash 7mo agoYou're not entitled to any webpage except your own...
- Eisenstein 7mo agoIf they want to charge users with ad-blockers under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act for unauthorized access for viewing non-protected pages then they should do that. Otherwise, you are wrong.
- pacifika 7mo agoThat’s confusing a webpage that’s rendered by the user with a pdf