I'm mystified by this whole "theft" concept.
If a commercial comes on my TV, and I leave the room... am I stealing? If I
turn the TV off for 30 seconds... am I stealing?
If I block the ad on my PC -- *my pc*, not anywhere upstream... how is that
stealing. how is that different.
I remain unconvinced. The people blocking the ads are not going to be
purchasing services/items through those ads.
On 9/11/07, Juergen Fiedler <juergen_at_fiedlerfamily.net> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Sep 11, 2007 at 11:58:24AM -0400, mbs wrote:
> [...]
> > I don't know about anyone else, but I happen to pay for my internet
> > access. If I choose not to waste my bandwidth (and my time) with
> > unwanted content, I would suggest that is my right.
>
> This is not going to be a very popular opinion, but I submit that the
> only honest way to exercise this right is to stay away from sites that
> serve content that you don't want to see.
>
> The 'I pay for my Internet access, so all content should be free'
> argument makes as much sense as, say, claiming that because you pay for
> your cable TV, all pay-per-view shows ought to be free of charge.
> What you pay for is the delivery of the content, not the content
> itself; web site owners don't see a dime of what you pay to your ISP.
>
> By serving ads on a site, the owner implicitly demands viewing them as
> a form of payment for the content they provide. While I think that
> blocking all Firefox users from a site makes very litle sense, I can
> entirely disagree with the conclusion that blocking ads from ad
> supported sites is uncomfortably close to theft.
>
> Just my two cents...
> -Juergen
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