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Re:Ads are disgusting. by chrisBob on Tuesday April 15, 2014 @09:45AM (#7591742)
Legally you may be correct that it is not stealing, but at best you are altering a copyrighted work with out permission. Here there are a lot of web based businesses with money on both sides of the advertising game, so I will actually be surprised if you find much sympathy.
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Re:Ads are disgusting. by mcintyre1994 on Tuesday April 15, 2014 @10:21AM (#7591934)
I agree with you that ads are good for the internet, but I'd very rapidly put myself against the idea of any legal issue with modifying a website on the client. There should be no question that I can do what I like with the HTML served while it remains on my machine - whether that's blocking a popup, removing an annoying advert or terribly placed menu from the DOM or anything else.
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Re:Ads are disgusting. by work_account_2 on Wednesday April 16, 2014 @03:59PM (#7600192)
Man, if blocking ads is stealing, then walking away from the TV during commercial breaks is stealing too. What if you DVR something and ff through the commercials? Would that make you a thief?

Not by many definitions of the word.

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