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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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