Post 9zCSO2lQ2qzzXxEngm by gregandcin@mastodon.online
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(DIR) Post #9zC1pFPWR1r7pIk7t2 by fatboy@fosstodon.org
2020-09-15T19:47:29Z
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Fuck ads. Seriously.AdBlock is a bad thing!https://thisinterestsme.com/adblock-bad-thing-people-use-selfish/
(DIR) Post #9zC3o9oTxbUa5L1eiG by jaz@toot.wales
2020-09-15T20:09:43Z
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@fatboy FTA "To me, using AdBlock is similar to walking into a cafe, ordering a cup of coffee and then walking out without paying. You are using up physical resources that you are unwilling to pay for."No. It's like putting cups of coffee outside in a public space, with a sign on it saying "free coffee", then badgering everyone who takes one for a couple of pennies while whining about how difficult their business model is.
(DIR) Post #9zC59Tkt6yADyB4jKa by pinkprius@chaos.social
2020-09-15T20:24:51Z
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@fatboy but did you know that social media wouldn't work without ads? 😉😉😉😉
(DIR) Post #9zC5ooauXM4aTR7S76 by NickFreeman@linuxrocks.online
2020-09-15T20:29:53Z
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@fatboy I try to not consume any form of advertising, because they result in me making worse decisions on what to buy/consume.
(DIR) Post #9zC7TgWVY8FNGk6zjs by dnwlsn@mstdn.io
2020-09-15T20:50:48Z
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@fatboy was that written by an advertising company? Did not even attempt to address all the privacy violations perpetuated by all the advertising mechanisms that are used. Also chose to ignore the existence of things like Patreon that allow people to operate entire ad free sites / services because the creators make a "product" or provide a service people actually want. If you need to get in bed with the advertising devil to survive, I'd argue you have a product people don't want.
(DIR) Post #9zC7eC5n20HY4gcrc8 by vancha@fosstodon.org
2020-09-15T20:52:45Z
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@fatboy thankfully the internet isn't tv or radio. It's interactive. People offer content, and other people can decide if they want to watch it or not. I can't approve of any way people can force others what to watch.Especially for something as rampant as advertising. I whitelist because I like some sites, I don't use adblocker because I don't like sites. I use it because I hate ads, and I'm sorry if that hurts the people that want to decide what they show me.
(DIR) Post #9zCAcQUWpCp6122twe by person@fosstodon.org
2020-09-15T21:26:04Z
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@fatboy Sorry but it's not my fault that modern web is unusable without a good adblocker.
(DIR) Post #9zCDLdSpdi2DBmwBJg by jrtashjian@talos.link
2020-09-15T21:56:39Z
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@fatboy it’s so funny how selfish and self-entitled this article is, the same words they use to describe people using Adblock.They also refuse to change which is short sighted and ignorant of them. Again, the same words they use to describe people using Adblock.Poppycock.
(DIR) Post #9zCDg0vC8QAtjUvANE by jforseth210@rcsocial.net
2020-09-15T22:00:14Z
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@fatboy I'm kind of on the fence about this one to be honest. I want to support sites through advertising, but cannot stand the stalkerish personalized ads that most sites use, (ahem G**gle). My compromise at the moment is to aggressively block trackers, but not expressly block ads. Catches the creepy ads, lets the okay ones slip through.
(DIR) Post #9zCSO2lQ2qzzXxEngm by gregandcin@mastodon.online
2020-09-16T00:45:09Z
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@fatboy I would use an adblocker less if I wasn't being tracked so heavily and that caused pages to load slower. If I like a site, I'll turn off my blocker but as it stands it's on by default
(DIR) Post #9zCt3psQwi72Y86iY4 by luckierdodge@mastodon.online
2020-09-16T05:44:01Z
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@fatboyBy this article's logic, I've been robbing tv stations my entire life by muting during ads. They've chosen to put something on the open web, and while they have a right to monetize through ads, I have an equal right to protect myself from said ads and their tracking, privacy violation, and general bad behavior.
(DIR) Post #9zDZ2NjMIuxB2YqsVc by jrballesteros05@fosstodon.org
2020-09-16T13:34:25Z
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@fatboy The modern web sucks because of fucking ads. I don't like installing addons to my browser but I had to because pages has abused. So fuck the fucking ads.