Re:Virtual Machine Detection in the Browser (2019)
by _jal on Saturday December 19, 2020 @12:20AM
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This entirely ignores the implications of a society that heads down that path.
There are questions substantially more interesting than a reductionist "do I have an innate right to access private websites?"
Re:Virtual Machine Detection in the Browser (2019)
by Siira on Saturday December 19, 2020 @06:10AM
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There is nothing “reductionist” about this petty quibble.
Re:Virtual Machine Detection in the Browser (2019)
by emptyparadise on Friday December 18, 2020 @11:37PM
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I may not have the right to have access to most of these websites but I do have the right to complain about how unethical I find it.
And of course this situation has different implications if the website offers some sort of an essential service, but that's an entirely different discussion.
Re:Virtual Machine Detection in the Browser (2019)
by judge2020 on Saturday December 19, 2020 @12:27AM
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OP is just suggesting you vote with your 'wallet' by not using those sites - they're not saying you should stop complaining.
Re:Virtual Machine Detection in the Browser (2019)
by pixl97 on Saturday December 19, 2020 @06:33AM
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Bad actors generally win monitary contests. The entire vote with your wallet is a mostly disproven idea.
Re:Virtual Machine Detection in the Browser (2019)
by chii on Saturday December 19, 2020 @08:41PM
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it merely points out the hypocrisy of those who complain, but continue to use said sites.
Re:Virtual Machine Detection in the Browser (2019)
by wolco2 on Saturday December 19, 2020 @01:23AM
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Is unethical the right word?
Unpleasant might fit better.
It doesn't break ethical rules to ensure ads are shown so income can be generated to pay for hosting.
Re:Virtual Machine Detection in the Browser (2019)
by natch on Saturday December 19, 2020 @02:36AM
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There are many ways to pay for hosting. Ads are just one way. Since they have proven so lucrative for some well positioned businesses, those businesses have pushed the meme that the only choices are ads or paid subscription. There are other ways. I’ve run sites where I happily paid
the hosting bill because I correctly suspected it would lead to me getting the job I wanted down the road. You could say that sounds like
advertising, but it was not run as a business, much less an advertising business. There was no self promotion whatsoever other than bragging rights.
Many people have agendas, including sometimes very positive agendas, that lead them to support online services of various types in order to further those agendas.
None of this is to say there’s no place for advertising or for paid subscriptions. I’m just saying there are often more options.
Re:Virtual Machine Detection in the Browser (2019)
by eecc on Saturday December 19, 2020 @03:52AM
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Ads, fine. Participating into a pervasive tracking infrastructure that strips you bare of your privacy to optimize manipulation of your individual cognitive faults is entirely another thing.
Seek out only sites that don't block adblock, or has no ads. This might include a paid option (for example, youtube premium, or twitch subscription for ad-free viewing).