@floofloof@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 months agoWhy It's OK to Block Ads (2015)blog.practicalethics.ox.ac.ukmessage-square56fedilinkarrow-up1318arrow-down16file-textcross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
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minus-square@samus12345@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish13•2 months ago Isn’t ad blocking, as the industry magazine AdAge has called it, “robbery, plain and simple”? No. Find a way to make money that doesn’t require showing ads online if you have a problem with it.
minus-square@smiletolerantly@awful.systemslinkfedilinkEnglish3•edit-22 months agoYeah. I don’t have a contract with the site, agreeing to pay them in any way, shape or form. They voluntarily show me their content, but that does not obligate me to also accept their ads.
No. Find a way to make money that doesn’t require showing ads online if you have a problem with it.
Yeah. I don’t have a contract with the site, agreeing to pay them in any way, shape or form. They voluntarily show me their content, but that does not obligate me to also accept their ads.