Re:"Ad blocking is the exact same thing as piracy“ – Linus T...
by salawat on Monday January 31, 2022 @05:49PM
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Uh huh. Nope.
You have no right to sell my screen space or processing capability. Sorry bout it. You want to display something? Go for it! I'm not inviting shady code into my network though.
>But my monetization!
Maybe... Just maybe... The Internet was not originally designed with first order support of doing nothing but putting stuff on the Internet, and not concentrating on figuring out your own business model.
When your customers habitually ad block, they are telling you "Not on my system," and that is okay.
We (the royal we) are not your eyeballs or sales to sell to someone else. Our attention is not something to be mined. Your audience is gifting you their attention. You are going and regifting it, and exposing them to God knows what, because I betcha LTT isn't in the business of picking WHO sends what content to fill those ad spots with.
Re:"Ad blocking is the exact same thing as piracy“ – Linus T...
by A4ET8a8uTh0 on Monday January 31, 2022 @05:54PM
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Even if I accept the equivalency ( I don't ), this particular plea is just a little short of the now oft-derided 'you wouldn't download a car'.
I can understand the argument, but I do not accept 2 million trackers, autoplayers and host of other horrible behaviors modern web has become. Ads just happened to join the list, because they were not that much better; and sometimes were the embodiment of everything wrong with web. From my perspective, you brought it on yourself.
Re:"Ad blocking is the exact same thing as piracy“ – Linus T...
by micahdeath on Monday January 31, 2022 @06:23PM
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put the add in the video like the movies do. Or embed the add on the page (comment/description) - I disapprove of the terms of use of the website you link to so I can't view the add.
Not as long as I own my own computer. Does my computer use CPU to display your ad? Yes. Do I get to control my computer? Yes, we're not a socialist state yet. It's mine. I will do what I please, shipmate!
You have no right to sell my screen space or processing capability. Sorry bout it. You want to display something? Go for it! I'm not inviting shady code into my network though.
>But my monetization!
Maybe... Just maybe... The Internet was not originally designed with first order support of doing nothing but putting stuff on the Internet, and not concentrating on figuring out your own business model.
When your customers habitually ad block, they are telling you "Not on my system," and that is okay.
We (the royal we) are not your eyeballs or sales to sell to someone else. Our attention is not something to be mined. Your audience is gifting you their attention. You are going and regifting it, and exposing them to God knows what, because I betcha LTT isn't in the business of picking WHO sends what content to fill those ad spots with.
I can understand the argument, but I do not accept 2 million trackers, autoplayers and host of other horrible behaviors modern web has become. Ads just happened to join the list, because they were not that much better; and sometimes were the embodiment of everything wrong with web. From my perspective, you brought it on yourself.
I have zero tears to shed.
You may call it piracy, but that so called piracy is a direct result of abuse.
I personally disable my blocker for sites I support and which do not abuse the user experience.
Not as long as I own my own computer. Does my computer use CPU to display your ad? Yes. Do I get to control my computer? Yes, we're not a socialist state yet. It's mine. I will do what I please, shipmate!