Just doesn’t feel good • Hacker News Board

Re: Just doesn’t feel good

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Post by taco_emoji » Mon, Sep 21, 2015, 9:04 PM UTC

Killswitch wrote: post #204

gtCameron wrote: post #198

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That is my experience as well. I would love to run an adblocker in blacklist mode and only punish the sites that annoy me, but I haven't found one that works that way. If anyone knows of one let me know.

uBlock origin actually does and it's what I am running right now, ofcourse in blacklist mode. https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Dynamic-filtering:-tu...

I was incredibly confused by that page until I randomly discovered that you can display that red/green matrix thing by clicking the "+ requests blocked" text on the uBlock overlay. The wiki does not tell you that anywhere.

Re: Just doesn’t feel good

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Post by mikeash » Tue, Sep 22, 2015, 1:27 PM UTC

s73v3r wrote: post #310

mikeash wrote: post #278

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When you buy stuff in a store, the items remain the property of the store until you pay. If you take them without paying then you're stealing. This is firmly enshrined in both morality and law. When you view something with ads, they send you the stuff first, on the hope or assumption that you will later view the ads. No property changes hands at any time.

I'm hearing a bunch of excuses which are used to rationalize your bad behavior, but nothing based in reality.

How odd, because I'm not even defending the practice here, just pointing out that it's not at all the same as stealing.

Re: Just doesn’t feel good

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Post by yattahri » Tue, Sep 22, 2015, 4:09 PM UTC

If we got to the point that we need ad blockers to navigate the internet peacefully without interruption, I’m sorry to say but it is the publishers’ fault. They had a right and they abused it. Maybe now they will put a little more UX consideration before they plaster ads everywhere in your face. I personally tend to avoid the buzzfeeds, the CNNs and a lot of other sources of all crappy journalism for lack for better words. This is the only weapon we have as consumers to help us fight back or voice our choice. Customer is always king and always will be. Produce something that works for me and I’ll buy it. But if I make it to your restaurant and while I’m eating you are having a round of people sit across from me and speed pitch me while using sometimes unacceptable methods… then don’t be surprised if I fight back. One, ad fine. two ads, fine. A gazillion ads… what am I here for again?

Re: Just doesn’t feel good

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Post by s73v3r » Wed, Sep 23, 2015, 4:45 PM UTC

mikeash wrote: post #312

s73v3r wrote: post #310

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I'm hearing a bunch of excuses which are used to rationalize your bad behavior, but nothing based in reality.

How odd, because I'm not even defending the practice here, just pointing out that it's not at all the same as stealing.

That's defending the practice.

Re: Just doesn’t feel good

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Post by mikeash » Thu, Sep 24, 2015, 8:40 PM UTC

s73v3r wrote: post #314

mikeash wrote: post #312

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How odd, because I'm not even defending the practice here, just pointing out that it's not at all the same as stealing.

That's defending the practice.

No, it really isn't. This may surprise you, but it's possible to point out flaws in an argument without making any statement about the merits of the conclusion.