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Re:Please Stop Using Adblock (But Not Why You Think) by jlarocco on Friday May 04, 2018 @04:44PM (#16998151)
> "Acceptable ads" allowed by default (opt-out) are inherently and OBVIOUSLY the right idea, but the acceptable ad list should be maintained by a disinterested party, not an advertiser or ad agency.

That's silly. If a person is installing an ad blocker, the "obvious" thing is for it to block advertisements. You may not like it, but everybody is fully capable of making up their own mind on whether they think certain advertisements are acceptable or not.

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Re:Please Stop Using Adblock (But Not Why You Think) by kiriakasis on Saturday May 05, 2018 @04:56AM (#17000979)
this is purely sophistic. It is shady to block ads and sell ads at the same time, but for me at least "ad blocker" meant "stop redirecting me to crap sites while clicking on your menus".

It was about being literally unable to use some sites, I don't care about still images at the bottom of a page.

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Re:Please Stop Using Adblock (But Not Why You Think) by distances on Saturday May 05, 2018 @06:12AM (#17001154)
> It was about being literally unable to use some sites, I don't care about still images at the bottom of a page.

For me it's about privacy and security too, but most of all, I just don't want to see any ads whatsoever. I don't watch ad-supported TV, no ad-supported radio, no ads to my mailbox, won't use apps that show ads, and no ads are allowed in my web browser either.

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Re:Please Stop Using Adblock (But Not Why You Think) by jlarocco on Saturday May 05, 2018 @01:40PM (#17002786)
Use your own definition "ad blocker" if you want to, but everybody else will see it as dishonest if a product claiming to block ads doesn't actually block ads.
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