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Re:The ethics of modern web ad-blocking by maxerickson on Tuesday August 11, 2015 @02:33PM (#10043350)
Why assume there would be less overhead without the ads?

With ads, there is also probably less friction visiting unknown sites; clicking to a site with too many ads and then just closing it is probably a better experience than knowing you blew $0.05 on crap content (I'm not saying getting frustrated about $0.05 makes sense, I'm saying it will probably happen).

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Re:The ethics of modern web ad-blocking by eevilspock on Tuesday August 11, 2015 @02:52PM (#10043473)
You and dragonwriter are missing my point about innovation, and also greatly underestimate the overhead cost of the advertising-publisher industrial complex.
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Re:The ethics of modern web ad-blocking by maxerickson on Tuesday August 11, 2015 @03:33PM (#10043724)
I didn't make an estimate, I asked you to justify your assertion.
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