Comment on Any idea what Google are doing? Is this because I dont use Chrome (use Firefox)? I've no adblockers.

• BraveSirZaphod@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Me choosing not to download parts of a webpage isn't piracy, it's me choosing not to download certain parts of a web page. Nobody has any right to force data I don't want onto my computer except me.

  Subsequently, the owner of the website also has the right to not serve you parts of a web page. It's a two-way street mate. This argument that a service provider is obligated to give you everything you want without any conditions simply does not stand up to any real scrutiny.

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  • TimeSquirrel@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Subsequently, the owner of the website also has the right to not serve you parts of a web page.

    You're absolutely right. I didn't say they don't. But as long as they still do let me access it, I'll keep using an adblocker on their website. Once the spigot gets turned off, I'll move elsewhere.

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• nottheengineer@feddit.de ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  So if I understand correctly, you define the border of piracy as the technicality of websites where the HTML and JS are accessible as opposed to a binary that comes with built-in DRM.

  How do you think about DRM-free games?

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  • TimeSquirrel@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    We've had the capability to pick and choose what we want to download from a website since the first web browsers. Why are ads any different? It's the same as if I decide to strip out all HTML frame and table tags just for shits and giggles. It's my device, and I decide what to accept from the website. If they want to block me completely, they can do that too. But they don't. Not yet.

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