> If the ads paid for the road you're driving on, then yes you'd be "stealing" access to the road by ignoring the ads.
> If the ads paid for the road you're driving on, then yes you'd be "stealing" access to the road by ignoring the ads. Something which boggles the mind is how a lot of people who work in advertising still don't understand the concept that you do not have an innate right to your users' brains . Putting it down to the technical level: When you send me bits, I have complete right and control to refuse them on a selective basis. I have a right to write a program that will refuse them on a selective basis. I have a right to share that program with other people, and those other peope have a right to run said program. Adblock is not stealing, no matter how much you want it to be. If ads are paying for the content, the business that uses them should be made aware of the risks of adblock and the portion of people who are not willing to accept ads (and at which level they won't accept them). Advertising in its current form is broken by design. It's a wonder it works at all. And yeah maybe we would be better off without it. The businesses that depend on the kind of ads adblock blocks tend to be shitty, low-hanging fruits, "appeal to the masses" sort of sites. Yes exactly, Buzzfeed. That's a debate for another day, but the point still remains: broken by design. Don't blame the users who just fucking want to be left alone.
Posted by scrollaway on Apr 19, 2015, 9:39 AM
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It's not a fucking cop out.
I completely understand why people use Adblock - it improves the user experience.
> If the ads paid for the road you're driving on, then yes you'd be "stealing" access to the road by ignoring the ads.
> If the ads paid for the road you're driving on, then yes you'd be "stealing" access to the road by ignoring the ads. Something which boggles the mind is how a lot of people who work in advertising still don't understand the concept that you do not have an innate right to your users' brains . Putting it down to the technical level: When you send me bits, I have complete right and control to refuse them on a selective basis. I have a right to write a program that will refuse them on a selective basis. I have a right to share that program with other people, and those other peope have a right to run said program. Adblock is not stealing, no matter how much you want it to be. If ads are paying for the content, the business that uses them should be made aware of the risks of adblock and the portion of people who are not willing to accept ads (and at which level they won't accept them). Advertising in its current form is broken by design. It's a wonder it works at all. And yeah maybe we would be better off without it. The businesses that depend on the kind of ads adblock blocks tend to be shitty, low-hanging fruits, "appeal to the masses" sort of sites. Yes exactly, Buzzfeed. That's a debate for another day, but the point still remains: broken by design. Don't blame the users who just fucking want to be left alone.
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