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Are you not gaining something from the pieces of code executing on their side so you can view their content? If you didn't gain something from it, you wouldn't

Are you not gaining something from the pieces of code executing on their side so you can view their content? If you didn't gain something from it, you wouldn't be there. > If they don't like my stopping those connections, they are free to not include them. Or if you don't like it, maybe just don't surf their pages. You're not entitled to everything in the world on your own terms -- if you don't like the terms, don't engage. It's just dishonest, ads are basically honor system. Of course you completely control your own machine and every single connection it makes -- no one can force that on you. But blocking ads is the digital equivalent of taking an egg and not leaving a quarter at the farm stand - at the end of the day they probably don't lose a sale because they throw out the extras (you didn't deprive anyone of an egg or them of a possible sale), but you benefited from someone else's time and work and refused to acknowledge it with a token amount. You're not doing anything wrong in the "universal net-total", you're just being a selfish member of society because you want to benefit from someone else's work/resources but refuse to give a little bit of screen real estate back.

Lawtonfogle 11y ago
They are giving it to me in hopes that I will allow the unwanted code to execute. At not time are we in a contract that I will (though it would be possible for some sites to set up a registration that includes disabling adblock for their site as part of the terms of getting an account). Also, you probably want to not try to guess my motives. The screen real estate isn't the problem, the tracking and the resource consumption is. And ads as a honor system? With all the dishonest moves they pull? That is nonsensical to the point of being parody. >if you don't like the terms, don't engage. Exactly. If you don't like that I'm in control of my machine, don't send me content with the expectation of taking over my machine for your benefit.
- thomaskcr 11y ago
  > Exactly. If you don't like that I'm in control of my machine, don't send me content with the expectation of taking over my machine for your benefit. ... but you're the one requesting the site... Ignoring the drama of your comment (I've never had my "machine taken over") -- no one is sending you content you didn't request. The person providing you that content would like it if you viewed an ad for them since you're gaining something from their content (or you wouldn't be reading/viewing it). Refusing to do that is dishonest -- it's not illegal, you're not stealing, you're just being selfish and entitled. > Also, you probably want to not try to guess my motives. The screen real estate isn't the problem, the tracking and the resource consumption is. Yeah, you want to consume someone's content and you feel entitled to do it on your own terms.
  - Lawtonfogle 11y ago
    >no one is sending you content you didn't request. Because no one in the history of the internet has ever dealt with a completely inappropriate popup that they clearly would've never chosen to see.

Lawtonfogle 11y ago

They are giving it to me in hopes that I will allow the unwanted code to execute. At not time are we in a contract that I will (though it would be possible for some sites to set up a registration that includes disabling adblock for their site as part of the terms of getting an account). Also, you probably want to not try to guess my motives. The screen real estate isn't the problem, the tracking and the resource consumption is. And ads as a honor system? With all the dishonest moves they pull? That is nonsensical to the point of being parody. >if you don't like the terms, don't engage. Exactly. If you don't like that I'm in control of my machine, don't send me content with the expectation of taking over my machine for your benefit.

thomaskcr 11y ago
> Exactly. If you don't like that I'm in control of my machine, don't send me content with the expectation of taking over my machine for your benefit. ... but you're the one requesting the site... Ignoring the drama of your comment (I've never had my "machine taken over") -- no one is sending you content you didn't request. The person providing you that content would like it if you viewed an ad for them since you're gaining something from their content (or you wouldn't be reading/viewing it). Refusing to do that is dishonest -- it's not illegal, you're not stealing, you're just being selfish and entitled. > Also, you probably want to not try to guess my motives. The screen real estate isn't the problem, the tracking and the resource consumption is. Yeah, you want to consume someone's content and you feel entitled to do it on your own terms.
- Lawtonfogle 11y ago
  >no one is sending you content you didn't request. Because no one in the history of the internet has ever dealt with a completely inappropriate popup that they clearly would've never chosen to see.