Re:Pornhub Bypasses Ad Blockers with WebSockets
by johncolanduoni on Thursday November 03, 2016 @04:22PM
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I'm not saying they're comparable (in fact I explicitly said they aren't), I'm just saying that there's either more to it than "they didn't stop me" or you're applying your criterion inconsistently.
And wasted bandwidth isn't the real issue, unless the business in question's only expense is bandwidth.
Re:Pornhub Bypasses Ad Blockers with WebSockets
by problems on Thursday November 03, 2016 @04:39PM
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> And wasted bandwidth isn't the real issue, unless the business in question's only expense is bandwidth.
Well then what's the issue? Bandwidth is the only thing I'm costing them really, the only difference between me going there and me not going there is bandwidth. If I legitimately couldn't use the site due to a pay-wall I wouldn't go there. Unless there's some secret way to make me pay for content that I'd only consume if it's free?
Maybe a better analogy would be to walk through his lawn if he didn't put a fence up. This probably does about as much damage to his lawn as bandwidth would be wasted on you as an ad blocker.