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Re:The Economist’s Tom Standage on digital strategy and the ... by bambax on Friday April 03, 2015 @07:30AM (#9315278)
I have yet to meet someone who's aware of AdBlock's existence and doesn't use it...
Re:The Economist’s Tom Standage on digital strategy and the ... by mike_hearn on Friday April 03, 2015 @10:39AM (#9316100)
Me. I don't use it, never have.

Are ads annoying - sure. But so are paywalls, so are websites that are entirely VC funded and desperately growth hacking until they can sell out to a bigger company.

The web is an expensive thing, very expensive. By not blocking ads I'm doing my bit to help fund it. I see ad blocking as a lot like piracy: understandable in some cases, but still basically freeloading on those of us who support the creation of the content.

Re:The Economist’s Tom Standage on digital strategy and the ... by 1123581321 on Saturday April 04, 2015 @05:27PM (#9322267)
My semi-serious opinion is that by using Adblock, you are helping fund the web in the long run by collapsing bad ad-driven behavior and making more pastoral models compare favorably.