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Re:Three to become first European network to block ads by camillomiller on Friday February 19, 2016 @12:09PM (#11134734)
Indeed. I have a much broader Press Release that is actually pretty clear in stating that Three believes it that ads publisher should pay for the data they use to bring the ad on the user's phone. This is a slippery slope, and certainly a threat to net neutrality.
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Re:Three to become first European network to block ads by makomk on Friday February 19, 2016 @01:22PM (#11135350)
Three also believes that users shouldn't have to pay for the data that advertisers use to bring ads to their phone, which seems reasonable enough - I think we've reached to the point where users are paying more in data costs to view ads than the advertisers are paying to advertise to them which is ridiculous.
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Re:Three to become first European network to block ads by camillomiller on Friday February 19, 2016 @01:35PM (#11135453)
This is also true, indeed, but I don't think it's a provider's role to decide what kind of ads should pass or be blocked, especially if such decision will be based on who's paying and who's not.
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