To tack onto your list, ad blocking also deprives a source from an intended revenue stream associated with the content, which is probably why it’s being compared to piracy.
I’m all on board with ad blockers, let’s just at least acknowledge the economic reality surrounding their use.
A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 1 week ago
The economic reality is that I have to use adblocking because ad services refuse to police and moderate their system. Its the economic reality that they created.
Having a problem with the end user protecting themselves from what they themselves created is just trying to shift blame.
Its literally nothing but rich assholes crying about how unfair it is that the poor are protecting themselves.
tb_@lemmy.world 1 week ago
But that doesn’t mean it isn’t piracy?
Downloading old Nintendo ROMs because the company refuses to redistribute them is also piracy, even though I would say it’s morally justified.
dustyData@lemmy.world 1 week ago
This has been argued in courts ad nauseum. It is not piracy. Just downloading is not piracy. If you download a ROM from a site, the site is guilty of piracy. You are not. If you download from a torrent though, you’re guilty because you’re also participating in the distribution. There’s also nuance with profit depending on the jurisdiction. But, just like throwing away a pamphlet is not piracy, refusing to download and ad is not piracy.
A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Roms arent adblocking.
tb_@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Not the point I was making.
papertowels@lemmy.one 1 week ago
You…really don’t have to.
Again, I’m all for ad blockers, I use Firefox, I’ve ran my own pihole instance, etc.
I’m just going to be frank, you’re being a little melodramatic. Do you just get vaporized when you use someone else’s computer and an ad blocker isn’t installed? Likely not.
Ironically, by framing what is just a quality of life thing as a mandatory reaction to content providers actions, it sounds like you’re the one trying to shift blame onto them. Your entire argument has very strong “LOOK AT WHAT YOU MADE ME DO” energy.
A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Your entire post is trying to frame end users for the responsibility of what the advertising companies have done and caused.
You’re trying to hold a fork up and demand everyone acknowledge as a spade, and ridiciule anyone who doesnt agree.
papertowels@lemmy.one 1 week ago
Do you agree that “What the advertising companies have done” was in agreement with the providers of the content you’re consuming?
Meaning, the providers of the content you’re consuming intended for the advertising to be a revenue stream?
Meaning it’s not “the big bad advertisers” - it’s really the providers of the content you’re voluntarily consuming who you’re trying to frame as the bad guys?
60fpsrefugee@lemm.ee 1 week ago
That’s where Youtube premium comes in. To protect you from ads with a cost per month.
A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 1 week ago
you do realize that ads appear in more places than just youtube, right?