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Re:FBI recommends using an ad blocker (2022) by shiroiushi on Monday September 09, 2024 @05:58AM (#41486937)
Yeah, there seems to be some kind of assumption by some here that just because I visit a website, that they're entitled to some money for that visit (in the form of ad revenue). Sorry, but no: I usually visited that site because they made themselves available, frequently dishonestly with SEO, through a Google/Bing search because I was looking for some information. Much of the time, when I visit a site, I don't find the information I'm looking for, and instead find a bunch of low-quality, low-effort "content", like "blogspam". It's a waste of my time. I can't know the site is garbage until I visit it and see for myself. So no, I reject the idea that these sites are somehow entitled to money for their "service". If they go out of business because of my ad-blocking, I'm not going to miss them.

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