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Re:Google Chrome Receives Heavy Criticism in Germany by Jem on Monday September 08, 2008 @12:01PM (#298448)
Like I said, by that logic anyone who chooses not to click adverts are also stealing.

Do you click every advert you see just to make sure you're compensating for 'stolen' bandwidth, processing power, storage, electricity?

FYI: I redistribute scripts under GPL licensing. I don't ask for donations, nor do I litter my pages with advertising. I consider that pretty "giving" - and no, I don't have problems with people 'stealing' my bandwidth, processing power, storage or electricity.

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Re:Google Chrome Receives Heavy Criticism in Germany by axod on Monday September 08, 2008 @12:08PM (#298457)
No, I treat websites with the benefit of the doubt. If they provide advertising that is useful to me, I click on it.

By blocking all advertising on all websites you're sticking your fingers in your ears.

Personally, I find adverts useful. Websites that resort to crappy user experience adverts - popups/unders/flash etc usually aren't worth visiting in the first place.

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