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> Putting your content up for free is the same as throwing your magazine over my fence for free. You can put ads, but I can cut them out if I want for a better
by johnchristopher 11y ago
> Putting your content up for free is the same as throwing your magazine over my fence for free. You can put ads, but I can cut them out if I want for a better reading experience.
Uh ? To cut the ads out you need to see them. Adblock hide them as if they never existed in the first place.
Analogies, these days...
- pjc50 11y agoYou can (and I do) from time to time cut out ads manually from the web with the DOM inspector. It's particularly good for screen-filling modals. Of course I can then make the cutout permanent with a hosts file or user-configurable adblocker ...
- danr4 11y agoAlright i'll bite. "I can cut them out" can be, as stated in another comment, an ad cutting physical machine. Your move.
- toyg 11y agoyou could hand the magazine to a 3-year old who can't read, and he'll cut out all pictures for you. Nitpickers, these days...
- johnchristopher 11y agoAre you really saying you would let a 3-year old operate that ad cutting physical machine mentioned here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9995459 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9995459 ? Adults, these days... :]
- toyg 11y agoMy 3-year-old is perfectly fine with a pair of safe scissors, as long as we keep him away from curtains and other should-not-cut materials. Luckily, we have no need for ad-cutting on kindle...