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TopicLinus Tech Tips: Ad blocking is the exact same thing as piracy.
Hornezz
02/02/22 6:07:52 AM
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Crazyman93 posted...
And I pay for the newspaper, hypothetically anyway, so it's my right as the purchaser of the product to decide which parts of it I read over.
You have that right whether you pay for it or not. You are not obligated to watch ads on a public tv channel. Or in a free magazine. Or in a brochure that was put in your mailbox.

Besides, there are more differences between internet ads and the rest. To name a few, advertising in print or on TV never:
- install malware
- run crypto miners
- follow you around online
- construct a profile on you and sell it to others
- increase bandwith, driving up loading times and (potentially) costs

Not to mention the lack of editorial oversight that makes it more likely the ads are misleading, fraudulent or inappropriate. All things considered, I honestly believe ignoring tv/print ads is more unethical than blocking internet ads.

That said, internet ads have become obnoxiously intrusive compared to what they were ten years ago or so. When I was a teenager, ads were usually a banner offering you a product or service to get your attention.
Internet advertisement in the late '90s - early '00s was pretty damn awful with popups everywhere. It wasn't until popup blocking software became popular (and later integrated in most browsers) that this problem was solved.

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