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Re:Pornhub Bypasses Ad Blockers with WebSockets by Dylan16807 on Thursday November 03, 2016 @03:18AM (#12862141)
> In my opinion this is just like grabbing a big handful of Halloween candy that was left out without a sign saying "take one"

No, that would be a DoS attack. Browsing without ads is taking the same amount of candy anyone else does. At worst it's ignoring the stack of flyers next to the candy bowl.

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Re:Pornhub Bypasses Ad Blockers with WebSockets by problems on Thursday November 03, 2016 @11:47AM (#12864972)
That's actually a really good comparison, blocking ads doesn't prevent anyone else from viewing the content, which is really the problem with the taking all the candy. At worst, it's like the candy owner sitting there saying "if you don't pay for this free candy, I'm going to take it away".
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