AdNauseam Banned from the Google Web Store • Hacker News Board

Re: AdNauseam Banned from the Google Web Store

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Post by richardwhiuk » Mon, Jan 09, 2017, 1:22 PM UTC

type0 wrote: post #316

richardwhiuk wrote: post #212

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There's no public space on the internet. Everything is somebody's yard. This is Y Combinator's yard. YouTube is Google's yard. So is the Chrome Web Store.

If it's publicly available then it's public, otherwise it's just deep web requiring authentication which is not public by any means. WWW was designed to be public, if you don't believe me you could ask Tim and "World Wide Web Foundation, which seeks to ensure the web serves humanity by establishing it as a global public good and a basic right." ( http://webfoundation.org/about/sir-tim-berners-lee/ )

What Tim Berners-Lee aimed to do is largely irrelevant, it's how it works in practice that matters, and in real terms, it's not public space. You can be banned by the owner with no rationale, or access could be restricted behind a paywall with no notice, or content you contribute could be deleted with no notice.

The World Wide Web Foundation has no particular standing and no authority on what actually happens on the web.

Re: AdNauseam Banned from the Google Web Store

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Post by VikingCoder » Mon, Jan 09, 2017, 3:31 PM UTC

Aldo_MX wrote: post #275

VikingCoder wrote: post #270

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You just said, "The sites I visit don't mind receiving money for disruptive, intrusive, battery-draining, bandwidth-consuming, rich-media advertisements, so I don't mind draining their wallets." If there's someone who makes content you like to see, why don't you mind draining their wallet?

If there's someone who makes content I like to see, I purchase their merchandising, books, courses, assist to their events, etc., that's pretty simple. Why support the middle man who just makes the Internet a worse place when you can directly support an author's efforts? The advertisement business model just exists to justify the existence of low quality content.

Yeah? When was the last time you purchased a music video?

Okay, when was the last time you watched one?

You want to stand by that argument, or admit that you're talking out your butt?

Re: AdNauseam Banned from the Google Web Store

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Post by VikingCoder » Mon, Jan 09, 2017, 4:10 PM UTC

na85 wrote: post #330

VikingCoder wrote: post #269

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So you're taking all of those services away from other people.

So, I have to waste my mobile bandwidth on ads because you want free email?

I see ads in my gmail. How exactly does that force you to see ads on your mobile bandwidth?

Re: AdNauseam Banned from the Google Web Store

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Post by neon_electro » Mon, Jan 09, 2017, 9:55 PM UTC

saghm wrote: post #286

neon_electro wrote: post #253

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Here's a (macOS-specific) guide, unfortunately it still requires basic knowledge of the Terminal and a working installation of Ruby. http://macappstore.org/chromium/

> it still requires...a working installation of Ruby. Does OS X/macOS not still come with a bundled installation of Ruby? Or is the version it comes with too old to use with brew/brew cask?

I believe it does, but I don't usually use it; rather, I usually get Ruby Version Manager to manage one or more Ruby runtimes on my Mac. Therefore I can't vouch for it to work with brew and/or brew cask.