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Re:AdBlock Plus wins in court by cfinke on Thursday May 28, 2015 @02:22PM (#9620060)
> No it isn't, because no payment is required to view the page in question.

The "payment" is the implicit agreement to view the ads.

> How it works is that your browser downloads a page. That page contains scripts and links.

Thanks for the lesson on how Web browsers work. I wish I knew all of that when I worked at Netscape; maybe it would still be around.

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Re:AdBlock Plus wins in court by nate_meurer on Thursday May 28, 2015 @02:35PM (#9620150)
There is no fucking "implicit agreement" when you look at a publicly available website, any more than when you look at a billboard on the street. I'm sorry for cussing, but no one gets to dictate the manner in which you use your eyes in public spaces.
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