Re:Show HN: Bypassing ad blockers for Google Analytics
by heliodor on Tuesday February 26, 2019 @09:24AM
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The creator is sending you a particular bundle that they decided is worth their time and money as a singular unit. You decide to dissect that bundle and throw parts of it away. All of this is done based on capabilities on each side, not based on morals. Neither side of the debate is right in claiming morality.
PS: Data transmission is not free. Servers cost money and bandwidth costs money too. CDN costs money. Anti-DDOS costs money. etc.
The creator is sending the content to my machine for free. Whether my machine displays the ads (aka cancer) attached to that content is my decision.
Also regarding paying money, don't forget in pretty much any case you still end up tracked. If anything, you get tracked less by the ad-supported version because at least you're not giving them any billing information and are not consistently logging into the same account (which you'd have to do for your subscriber benefits to kick in).
> One day when our tech will limit you to a binary choice of ads+tracking versus paying money, which way are you going to swing once your hand is forced?
I'd love such a choice as it will allow me to say no to cancer & stalking once and for all. However it will have to be implemented in such a way that it's technically impossible for anyone to track me through the subscription system.