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Re: Kenneth Anger has died

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Can't say I'm a fan of the whole "blacking out the website because someone's running adblock" though. Adblock is how modern browsers work because it turns out the internet couldn't be trusted to responsibly run them. Blacking out a site until someone turns them off is a literal dark pattern.

Re: Kenneth Anger has died

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Can't say I'm a fan of the whole "blacking out the website because someone's running adblock" though. Adblock is how modern browsers work because it turns out the internet couldn't be trusted to responsibly run them. Blacking out a site until someone turns them off is a literal dark pattern.

If a site is ad-supported, they should be free to apply any policy they want to control potential revenue loss due to adblockers.

Running an adblocker is literally a "free rider" strategy. I've been online since the 90s and have never felt the need to do it. I probably have a high tolerance for unwanted ads, but that's the luck of the draw. What entitles you to run one?

Re: Kenneth Anger has died

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post #19

Can't say I'm a fan of the whole "blacking out the website because someone's running adblock" though. Adblock is how modern browsers work because it turns out the internet couldn't be trusted to responsibly run them. Blacking out a site until someone turns them off is a literal dark pattern.

If a site is ad-supported, they should be free to apply any policy they want to control potential revenue loss due to adblockers. Running an adblocker is literally a "free rider" strategy. I've been online since the 90s and have never felt the need to do it. I probably have a high tolerance for unwanted ads, but that's the luck of the draw. What entitles you to run one?

> What entitles you to run one?

I mean, you're sending _me_ the bytes. I get to decide what I do with them.

I don't tend to complain when people stop serving content when I'm using an ad-blocker, but I do reserve the right to do whatever I want with the bytes you've already sent.

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