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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.

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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.
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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.
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