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Re:Amazon follows Google and Apple and bans system-wide ad b... by coryfklein on Thursday May 31, 2018 @04:34PM (#17199974)
If a site can put up a "Turn off your adblocker" message, couldn't they just not serve content to me at all if I'm using an adblocker?

In that case, it seems like adblockers are _not_ theft, but more compared to a plate of cookies with a sign that says, "donations welcome".

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Re:Amazon follows Google and Apple and bans system-wide ad b... by mrkstu on Thursday May 31, 2018 @04:44PM (#17200060)
Yep- there is a sports chat site I frequent that straight up locks out my browser when I come through corporate proxy- because they are blocking ad pages on proxy.
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