Re:The Rise of Adblock Shaming
by listenallyall on Tuesday July 17, 2018 @03:53AM
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Again, just DON'T VISIT THE SITE. It won't steal your attention, use up your data cap, or slow down your machine. Problem solved.
Attention is a valuable resource and not one I'm going to give freely to ads that try to STEAL it from me. Computer performance and bandwidth savings are also valuable to me. My ISP gives me a cap. Expecting me to download tens of MB of data for KB of content is a no-go. Blocking ads and scripts can also be extremely beneficial for those that need accessibility.
If you want compensation, require it, put up a paywall. If your site dies because that business model is not sustainable, good riddance. It's time the ad model dies and dies permanently without a tear shed for its demise.