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Re:Advertising 'accounts for half of data used to read artic... by TheLogothete on Thursday March 17, 2016 @08:47AM (#11303985)
It's unrealized gains. The problem most definitely lies with you. The producer proposes a something-for-something deal and you won't take anything other than something-for-nothing by presumption.

If he consumes your bandwidth, he is the devil. But when you consume his bandwidth without offering anything in return, it is justified?

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Re:Advertising 'accounts for half of data used to read artic... by spriggan3 on Thursday March 17, 2016 @02:49PM (#11306596)
> If he consumes your bandwidth, he is the devil. But when you consume his bandwidth without offering anything in return, it is justified?

That's the foundation of the web and with his javascript on a webpage the producer is certainly consuming unnecessary CPU cycles on my computer and I have the right not to allow that. The problem definitely doesn't lie with me. If he doesn't agree he has the right to block me no question. But as long as I can access the content legally I will never feel bad about that and there is nothing to feel bad about.

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