There's a lot wrong with this analogy. Right off the bat, a gun is not typically involved with legitimate banking. Fundamentally, when you rob a bank, you're coercing someone into giving you something that doesn't belong to you. When you block ads, you're taking something that was offered freely, then choosing which parts of it you want.

I was illustrating how bad his point is with the "it's my BLANK" argument. Just because you are using something that belongs to you doesn't mean it doesn't affect other people.

I don’t think you fully understood his point.

When a website comes to your computer, and you choose to digest it in the manner you see fit, our using YOUR resources the way YOU see fit.

The content creator wants you to use your resources the way THEY see fit. They ... can’t really demand that.

As opposed to charging a subscription fee, in which you are aligned in wanting to use your resources in a way you both find satisfying.

When the mailman comes onto MY property to deliver the mail he has other people's mail in his bag on MY walkway! I don't want that to happen because it's mine!!!!

Actually, if you place your mailbox on the perimeter of the property - as is quite common in some areas - the mailman won’t enter your property.

Huh. Turns out you do have control over your property, after all.

That is not supportive of the "it's mine therefore I'm right" argument it's just a solution to this particular problem. We can go on like this all day, but the argument is, just because it's yours does not mean you can do whatever you want with it. I am trying to show the error of the thinking with more erroneous thinking.

“You can’t force me to use my property the way you see fit” != “it’s mine so I can do anything I want with it.”

Put it behind a pay wall if you think it has so much economic value.

See my other comment. I don't care if people use adblock, I just hate the argument people some use to justify it. I believe there are good arguments, but not the "it's my browser" argument. It's self righteous to the extreme.

I don't understand what you are saying. Can I go to the bathroom during the commercial break while watching a football game? Do I have to scroll to the bottom of a page if I look at a headline?

No, of course I don't. If you demand a particular behavior from a reader, then enforce it. Otherwise, don't complain if it's ignored.

They can not look at the ads on the website, or go to the bathroom too. I don't have a problem with that. I have a problem with the argument that it's "because it's mine".

When forbes infested its clients thanks to a third-party ad network that distributed malwares[1], i was smiling with shadenfreude. Maybe i'm self-righteous, but since 2005, blocking ads is for me a way to protect my computer.

[1]https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160111/05574633295/forbe...

If you want people off your website, why do you make it publicly available on the net? ;-)