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By your logic we should stop fighting diseases, i.e. killing bacteria, to prevent bacteria from evolving.

• TeMPOraL 12y ago
  That does not follow by proper application of logic. But to clarify: - advertising isn't as harmful (yet) as infectious diseases - if we want to get rid of it, the same rules apply as to fighting bacteria - you want to hit as hard as possible in as many places as possible, to not give any room for bacteria to mutate; proliferation of adblocks is like taking antibiotics and stopping treatment half-way - not effective enough to kill off everything, and forces bacteria to mutate into drug-resistant variety Then there's also problem that ads mutate much faster than bacteria - because they're driven not by evolution, but by sentient adversaries.
  • cLeEOGPw 12y ago
    Ads generate money through sales. Advertisers can lobby lawmakers to not make much restrictions on ads. Who you think can out lobby them? You and me? I think we have better things to spend our money than that. Adblock gives (almost) free and painless solution. I don't see how you think there's a better, easier and cheaper way of dealing with it.
    • TeMPOraL 12y ago
      I don't see any "better, easier and cheaper way" right now (which is why I use AdBlock myself). I'm just expressing my fear that current solutions may hurt us badly in the long run.