German judges explain their decision that ad-blocking software is legal

Re:German judges explain their decision that ad-blocking sof... by username223 on Sunday December 11, 2016 @12:07PM (#13151939)

> ...if you're developing the browser is not your main energy drain.

This has not been my experience, but maybe that's just because I use an ancient text editor (Emacs). If my several-year-old computer with 8GB of RAM goes into a paging frenzy, the browser is usually at fault. Emacs may be using a few hundred megabytes at most.

As for privacy concerns, it's your call. Apple sells expensive hardware; Google sells surveillance-based advertising; Mozilla... sells its search box to either Google or Microsoft? I've made my uneasy peace with this choice.

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Re:German judges explain their decision that ad-blocking sof... by ZoeZoeBee on Sunday December 11, 2016 @12:22PM (#13152008)

Can't vouch for your ancient machine or text editor, but writing and compiling on a modern machine with intellisense, the editor uses a lot more energy than the browser

https://www.cs.virginia.edu/~weimer/p/weimer-asplos2014.pdf

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Re:German judges explain their decision that ad-blocking sof... by username223 on Sunday December 11, 2016 @01:15PM (#13152257)

This paper didn't seem to deal specifically with compilers, editors, browsers, or intellisense. But I'm curious what counts as "modern" -- how often should I replace my personal machine, or what should its specs be, so people like you don't call it "ancient"? (I already know that I should be using LightTable or Atom or IntelliJ to be "modern" in terms of editors.)

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