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Re:Ad Blockers Are Also Changing the Game for SaaS and Web D... by stan_rogers on Thursday October 29, 2015 @10:00PM (#10475732)
Well, isn't that a bummer. I'd block it manually if it weren't blocked automatically since it uses my resources (including, but not limited to, simply requesting and downloading the file) to do things the server ought to be doing at its own end. And no, you don't need to be more granular than that.
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Re:Ad Blockers Are Also Changing the Game for SaaS and Web D... by manigandham on Thursday October 29, 2015 @10:19PM (#10475783)
That comes across as quite an entitled attitude. It's not really using your resources, that's the package deal for the site. And there are plenty of reasons for granular data - or do you claim to know every use case and rule over the internet?
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Re:Ad Blockers Are Also Changing the Game for SaaS and Web D... by icebraining on Saturday October 31, 2015 @09:18AM (#10482555)
There is no package deal for websites. I know website owners really wish there was, but it's just that - wishful thinking.

Maybe for sites which require registration (and hence explicitly accepting terms) that could be argued, but there's certainly no implicit agreement to download and process all the stuff the site is offering to the browser.

And "entitled" is just a lazy insult.

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Re:Ad Blockers Are Also Changing the Game for SaaS and Web D... by voltagex_ on Thursday October 29, 2015 @11:52PM (#10476074)
Shit, do you block Mustache/Handlebars too because it's using your resources to render a template? That's quite a reductive argument - you get to the point where you don't turn the computer on because it's using your electricity.
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Re:Ad Blockers Are Also Changing the Game for SaaS and Web D... by icebraining on Saturday October 31, 2015 @09:24AM (#10482565)
You know, quite a lot of us do use NoScript, so that reduction to absurd is not really that effective. As for using electricity, that's why stan_rogers added the caveat of "do things the server ought to be doing at its own end".
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Re:Ad Blockers Are Also Changing the Game for SaaS and Web D... by blumkvist on Friday October 30, 2015 @03:58AM (#10476595)
Yes. please! voltagex_, do you and webmasters a favor and stop using a computer!
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