Mozilla’s newest app perfectly captures the ethical dilemma of ad-blocking • Hacker News Board

Re: Mozilla’s newest app perfectly captures the ethical dilemma of ad-blocking

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Post by pitay » Wed, Dec 09, 2015, 6:42 AM UTC

tdkl wrote: post #24

fulafel wrote: post #4

The whole current conversation about this is weird. Why are people acting like ad blockers are new when iOS, a mobile platform with a small market share, stops banning them and gets back in line with everyone else?

It's how you get attention to John Doe, who doesn't cares about ad-blocking until Apple does. Similarly how this "dilemma" is again rehashed because Mozilla made a content blocker. Not that about 10 others sprung out since September where the content blocking support was introduced.

That suggests Mozilla is least influenced by the ad serving networks. I like that.

Re: Mozilla’s newest app perfectly captures the ethical dilemma of ad-blocking

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Post by neves » Thu, Dec 10, 2015, 1:11 AM UTC

TeMPOraL wrote: post #49

Splines wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not to be that guy, but I cut the cord, and it's seriously like a breath of fresh air. It's like discovering ad-blockers in the era of incessant pop-ups and flash ads.

It's always a good advice, but you're ignoring GP's point that I believe the discussion around ads should be focused on: that a lot of advertisers are malicious actors. They are bunch of liars who want to profit by hurting people, and this is somehow not only totally legal, but a respectable occupation.

My argument is the opposite. This isn't a respectable occupation. The respectable ones are exceptions. The main goal is to reduce all humans to just consumers.

Have ever you seen ads for kids? They must buy that toy! Happiness is eating unhealthy thing in McDonalds! And don't forget Camel: http://www.nytimes.com/1991/12/11/us/smoking-among-children-...

Re: Mozilla’s newest app perfectly captures the ethical dilemma of ad-blocking

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Post by neves » Thu, Dec 10, 2015, 1:15 AM UTC

muddi900 wrote: post #64

chrisBob wrote: post #55

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I can't imagine feeling so entitled that I would argue that people owe me web and TV content. I think that your option if you don't like the advertising that is supporting a service is to not use that service. If you feel strongly about it you could even tell the station/site the reason you are no longer using their service. I really don't understand the argument that "I don't like how they want me to pay for this se…

So you like watch ads when they come on? You never change the channel?

It would be anti-ethical! You shouldn't even go to the bathroom:-)