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> What does this have to do with advertising? Since when is advertsing equated with speech? The type of advertising blocked by Adblock is a form of unsolicited

by lucumo 17y ago

> What does this have to do with advertising? Since when is advertsing equated with speech? The type of advertising blocked by Adblock is a form of unsolicited communication. You solicited it with your visit to the site. You didn't leave when confronted with the choice of using my site and viewing ads or leaving. If you don't like my ads, by all means: LEAVE.

sho 17y ago
You solicited my visit by putting your website on the internet and leading me there by some means. Now I'm going to view it on my own terms. If you don't like that, block me, or take down your site.
- axod 17y ago
  I'll block you thanks. Don't be surprised if your browsing experience starts to suck as more sites follow suit. Just like if I own a bookstore and you come in every day and read books and never buy anything. Pretty soon I'll ban you.
  - enneff 17y ago
    Why so smug? You should know there's no way to possibly prevent people blocking your ads.
- lucumo 17y ago
  Sure. And if I'd opened a store and invited customers in, I was also inviting shop lifters. You know, because I solicited them by opening a store and leading them in by some means, so now they should use the store on their own terms. I invited genuine customers of course, not leeches.
enneff 17y ago
Actually, I made an HTTP request to the main page, and then selectively loaded the rest of the page. How can you possibly argue that it's somehow my moral responsibility to load a web page in it's entirety? It's a patently ridiculous notion, and if your business model cannot support people that do it you're fucked.
- lucumo 17y ago
  > Actually, I made an HTTP request to the main page, and then selectively loaded the rest of the page. How can you possibly argue that it's somehow my moral responsibility to load a web page in it's entirety? You're not doing this by hand. The selectively loading argument is patently absurd. You're altering the standard behaviour of your web browser with the strict intention of denying a site owner their revenue source. You're using something without paying for it. > and if your business model cannot support people that do it you're fucked. This is not about my business model. My business model can support it fine, partly because there's so few people like you. No, this is about morally corrupt people that need a lesson in civility.

by lucumo 17y ago

sho 17y ago

You solicited my visit by putting your website on the internet and leading me there by some means. Now I'm going to view it on my own terms. If you don't like that, block me, or take down your site.

axod 17y ago
I'll block you thanks. Don't be surprised if your browsing experience starts to suck as more sites follow suit. Just like if I own a bookstore and you come in every day and read books and never buy anything. Pretty soon I'll ban you.
- enneff 17y ago
  Why so smug? You should know there's no way to possibly prevent people blocking your ads.
lucumo 17y ago
Sure. And if I'd opened a store and invited customers in, I was also inviting shop lifters. You know, because I solicited them by opening a store and leading them in by some means, so now they should use the store on their own terms. I invited genuine customers of course, not leeches.

enneff 17y ago

Actually, I made an HTTP request to the main page, and then selectively loaded the rest of the page. How can you possibly argue that it's somehow my moral responsibility to load a web page in it's entirety? It's a patently ridiculous notion, and if your business model cannot support people that do it you're fucked.

lucumo 17y ago
> Actually, I made an HTTP request to the main page, and then selectively loaded the rest of the page. How can you possibly argue that it's somehow my moral responsibility to load a web page in it's entirety? You're not doing this by hand. The selectively loading argument is patently absurd. You're altering the standard behaviour of your web browser with the strict intention of denying a site owner their revenue source. You're using something without paying for it. > and if your business model cannot support people that do it you're fucked. This is not about my business model. My business model can support it fine, partly because there's so few people like you. No, this is about morally corrupt people that need a lesson in civility.