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0 pointscwillu8mo ago0 comments

My computer belongs to me and will display the things I tell it to display. If ABP gets in the way of that, then so long ABP.

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tukantje8mo ago

This is essentially a variant of tragedy of commons by this point.

NicuCalcea8mo ago

I'm fine with this approach as long as it goes both ways. The media organisation's server is theirs, and if they want to put up a paywall or block clients with ad blockers, that's their prerogative.

cwilluOP8mo ago

At no point does ublock force their server to perform work it wouldn't otherwise. “Blocking clients with ad blockers” isn't a thing, there is only “send information plus instructions for the client to block itself”, and “only send information to logged in users” (and if they're incapable of choosing trustworthy users, that is not my problem).

NicuCalcea8mo ago

I didn't say anything about the server doing extra work? And server-side ad insertion definitely exists, but if you want to get pedantic about the delivery mechanism, that's fine, websites have the right to bundle their content with ads and code that makes their ads more difficult to block.

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tukantje8mo ago

This is essentially a variant of tragedy of commons by this point.

NicuCalcea8mo ago

I'm fine with this approach as long as it goes both ways. The media organisation's server is theirs, and if they want to put up a paywall or block clients with ad blockers, that's their prerogative.

cwilluOP8mo ago

NicuCalcea8mo ago

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