> I find the arguments in favor of ad blocking to often be similar in flavor to the arguments in favor of piracy: "I'd pay for content, if only they'd charge a

> I find the arguments in favor of ad blocking to often be similar in flavor to the arguments in favor of piracy: "I'd pay for content, if only they'd charge a reasonable amount for it." Since "reasonable" is subjective, there's no response that can be made. I don't believe that's similar at all to the arguments for ad blocking. With ad blocking the argument is, "You're putting your content out there for free and saying, 'please also look at and maybe click on this ad'. But there's no contract in place that says I have to. Even if I don't block it, I won't even look at it, so I might as well save the bandwidth and not even download it." That's a lot different from "I'd pay if it were a reasonable price" when they really mean, "I don't want to pay, so I'm just going to copy it for free since I know how." The ad blocking scenario is no different from, "I'm watching this TV show, but the show has stopped for a few minutes and something unrelated is on, so I'm going to the bathroom now, or to get a drink, or muting the audio or fast-forwarding."