Re:Forbes Site, After Begging You Turn Off Adblocker, Serves...
by ultramancool on Saturday April 09, 2016 @03:18PM
(#11462814)
Yeah - I'm very entitled to my own computer and I'll use it as I damn well please. Would you expect me to have any other attitude towards my own hardware?
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Re:Forbes Site, After Begging You Turn Off Adblocker, Serves...
by TheLogothete on Saturday April 09, 2016 @03:56PM
(#11463003)
You are not entitled to other people's computers.
Re:Forbes Site, After Begging You Turn Off Adblocker, Serves...
by ultramancool on Saturday April 09, 2016 @04:24PM
(#11463133)
Yup, that's completely correct. No argument there.
Re:Forbes Site, After Begging You Turn Off Adblocker, Serves...
by TheLogothete on Saturday April 09, 2016 @05:23PM
(#11463410)
Then why do you access their computers when they have explicitly said they don't want you to? Even further, you circumvent a system they have put in place to stop you from accessing their property.
Re:Forbes Site, After Begging You Turn Off Adblocker, Serves...
by ultramancool on Saturday April 09, 2016 @06:10PM
(#11463588)
Because they gave it to me and I just decided how to render it locally on my own computer? There was no unauthorized access as you're suggesting. Blame their server I guess. I'm only working with what they give me.
Re:Forbes Site, After Begging You Turn Off Adblocker, Serves...
by TheLogothete on Sunday April 10, 2016 @02:45AM
(#11465209)
You are straight out denying the reality.
They didn't give it to you. They put a wall and said "You cannot pass this wall with adblock turned on". You decided to circumvent it. Because...?
Re:Forbes Site, After Begging You Turn Off Adblocker, Serves...
by ultramancool on Sunday April 10, 2016 @03:28AM
(#11465286)
You need to look at where the code executes in reality.
Their "wall" as you describe it is actually just client-side code which runs on _my_ computer, not theirs, so I get to decide how it executes. It would be completely different if the "wall" was on the server side of course (for example, a paywall).
If it's on my computer, it's under my control. Just because it came from their server does not mean it has any rights on my computer at all. They're not entitled to my computer.
Re:Forbes Site, After Begging You Turn Off Adblocker, Serves...
by TheLogothete on Sunday April 10, 2016 @05:02AM
(#11465487)
You are fetching their property and do not respect their rules. No matter how much you squirm and squeeze, this is objectively not OK to do.
Re:Forbes Site, After Begging You Turn Off Adblocker, Serves...
by ultramancool on Sunday April 10, 2016 @10:33AM
(#11466253)
I'm obeying their rules for fetching their property. I'm just not obeying their proposal for client side execution where they have no authority.