I wish piracy would hurt them as much as they cry about it.

>>109631493
If I want to buy something I just find it.

we get to the same point, in one Im happy in the other Im annoyed and dont come back to your webpage.

>>109631493
My primary focus is blocking trackers.

>>109631493
I don't use an adblocker.

I do however use a content blocker because it is I who chooses what is downloaded on my internet connection and my computer that I paid for.

>>109631493
Hit Google where it hurts: the wallet.

Adblock use will continue until the morale at Google improves.

i want to take this moment to thank the people who do not use adblockers and who actually pay for media for subsidizing my self-indulgent lifestyle of adblocking and piracy.
especially the people that actually pay for all the audiobooks i listen to, you're the real ones

>>109631722
Patrick Bateman? Is that you?

>>109631493
I would download a car.

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This I suppose

>>109631493
What gives you the impression that you are entitled to display or run anything you like on my computer?

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these the old numbers too them rates deffo went up

so yeah adblock it is

and no it's not piracy

i pirate everything and adblock doesn't fit the criteria

>>109631741
Google thinks it's entitled to do anything. It must be taught a lesson.

Making Linus cry over adblock isn't piracy, it's just funny.

>>109631493
Malware vector

>>109631741
you accept it when you enter a website. if not, you can just leave.

>>109631738
>>109631749
so how else should a media company make money?

>>109631970
>you accept it when you enter a website.

No I don't. I can browse your website in any way I want. JavaScript disabled, cookies disabled, ads disabled. That's why there exist different browsers: to have different features.

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feelsgoodman

>Why do you use ad blockers?
Because I don't want to see ads.
>What gives you the impression that you are entitled to access everything without paying for it?
It's my computer. I get to control what network connections it does and does not make, and what media it does and does not display.

Also I've been pirating anime and video games for the past couple of decades and don't really give a shit what you have to say.

>>109631997
it's a ToS violation

>>109631970
I'm going out on the street naked. You accept to see my penis. If not, you can just look away.

>>109632025
Okay, and? I'm just gonna violate your ToS. What're you gonna do about that?

>>109632025
That just makes me question the legality of your ToS. Can we have a class action lawsuit?

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>>109631493
If I have adverts shoved in my face annoying me, I associate the product being advertised with annoyance, and thus will never by the product. I do not like adverts. In any shape or form. Do not shove adverts in my face. I will not buy them. To shove adverts in my face is a sign of disrespect

Make a better product that speaks for it's self, advertise it somewhere more appropriately, and fuck off. I wouldn't need an ad blocker otherwise
>bu-but how is the host supposed to make le monies!? they pay them to advertise!

Yeah ok good point. Fair enough. However: I am statistically more likely to buy a product if your advertisement didn't assault my senses, and I am statistically more likely to support the host of the advertisement if they are not annoying me with adverts, and I will not have anything to do with the host if they annoy me with advertisements. So, there it is. Be thankful I can tolerate a host thanks to an ad blocker

Ads are for the niggercattle plebians. Not for me. I am not sorry

My ToS says that all visitors must do 100 push-ups every single day (3-count). Time to pay up anons.

>>109632025
from my point of view the ToS is evel

Just watch the fucking ads and shut the fuck uo you faggots. I hope one day every page on the web will be blocked if tried to be accessed with an ad blocker. You cheap scumabgs are making me sick

>>109632076
Your frustration only makes me feel more satisfied

you are pirating 4chan right now if you aren't looking at the AI goon ass ad

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>>109632076
only zoomers pay for "premium" services to reduce friction because they're too retarded to work around it

>>109631493
website owners can easily enforce payment if they want to be paid by gating their website behind a login and credit card.

>>109631493
>What gives you the impression that you are entitled to access everything without paying for it?
What makes companies think they're entitled to show me ads? Why do they deserve to use my internet bandwidth without my consent, or attempt to capture my attention and waste my time?

If there's a way for me to access something for free, what makes you think I'm not entitled to do so? Not just ad block btw, but real piracy too, I've downloaded (and uploaded) terabytes worth of data through torrents over the years, and I'm not gonna stop any time soon. Anyone who doesn't like it can kiss my ass.

>>109632144
we all know the social contract of the internet is a different one, don't act stupid

>>109631493
yet it keeps happening

>>109631493
Because ads are loaded to the tits with bullshit propaganda, scams, and malware. Plus they eat unreasonable amounts of resources.

>>109632173
netiquette has no mention of using content blockers, go away with your imaginary "social contract".

>>109632159
When you enter a website you accept the ToS

Blocking ads violates that. Nobody is goind to enter their credit card to read an article. So since the beginning of the internent ads are the currency. No ads = stealing

>>109631749
>so yeah adblock it is
>
>and no it's not piracy
yea, say yt has a premium app and you pirate, then it's piracy

>>109631493
when was the last time you clicked on an ad?
when was the last time you bought something after clicking on an ad?

>>109631738
A lot of ads redirect to malware before they get reported

>>109631675
>says don't be evil
>is evil
>"Oh, you're not watching my ads now, oh!"

>>109632188
>loaded to the tits with bullshit propaganda, scams, and malware
What kind of websites are you visiting?

website owners:
>have absolute control how their website responds to requests
>choose to send content freely
>content gets scraped
>screech about piracy, breaking tos and social contract
wonder why that keeps happening.

>>109632195
>ToS
toss my salad

>>109632076
>why won't you eat shit? it's only a small amount, you'll hardly notice it. i eat the shit, the provider is paid 0.001c if i eat the shit, even more if i say i enjoyed it, c'mon anon eat the shit, don't make me look like a chump now...

>>109632202
it's mostly branding

>>109632202
depends on the ad. if its somewhat clever and aesthetically pleasing and fits into the content i am already consuming, why not

>>109632218
>bullshit propaganda and scams
Youtube
>malware
Admittedly I don't see much even on sketchy booru sites which is about the extent of my degeneracy

>>109632224
seek help. freud might have to say something about this

>>109632249
Simping for corporations only makes you a useful idiot

>>109632245
i block them on booru sites as well, mostly because i don't want to be looking for cute yuri pictures then on one page there's some porn game ad with a graphic realistic dick-in-vag gif animation

>>109632237
I have used the Internet for over 20 years and I don't think I've ever clicked an ad.
Oh wait. I looked at the J-List page once when 4chan had those ads. I did it because the anime girls were so incredibly attractive. Why can't ads be like that? Why do they always have to be repulsive, loud, and annoying?

>>109632258
Useful idiot for what? So creators get paid?

>>109632267
if you want creators to get paid, there's direct ways to do so, instead of paying 99% to the ad industry and 1% (maybe, at best) to creators.

>>109632267
just donate to them directly if you want to pay them, they'd get more of the share as well. is your time and sanity really worth so little to you?

>>109632224
/thread

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>>109632264
because this is the average person on the internet

>>109632267
i'm sure your favourite creator would rather you throw them $5 rather than watch the ads.
$5 is like 1,000-5,000 ad watches, paying them $5 once would give them more than if you watched all their ads, and think about how much time you'd save not watching those ads, is your time worth less than that?

>>109631982
>"media company"
lmao. These faggots aren't exactly doing much in the way of productive work. They're entertainment channels (esp. LTT) which don't contribute meaningly to information-based conversation. If the content is useful or entertaining enough, people will be willing to pay for it. Problem is, none of these "content" ""creators"" are actually worth donating to, which is why they resort to advertisments and sponsorships.

>>109631493
Even if I don't use an adblocker, I'm still accessing stuff without paying for it. Using an adblocker doesn't change that.

>>109631493
*closes my eyes at your ad*

>>109632453
thats fine. it still gets served and counts

Reminder that it is YOUR IMPERATIVE to install adblockers and ad-free apps whenever you get the chance to for your normie friends and family.

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>>109631493
What gives you the impression to make it unbearable to even read an article or watch a video by cramming as much spamvertisements that consumes my window space, as well as putting in ads that overlap the entire fucking page I'm on until I click on a "X" the size of 4 pixels?
What gives you the entitlement to utilize scripts that inject malware into my computer after loading a banner advertising your garbage ass product?
Why do you complain that people are sick and tired of having to be forced to watch a 45 second unskippable ad before being able to continue watching a video that's 1.5 minutes long?
Fuck yourself.
The use of uBlock will continue until morale improves.

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>>109631493
LOL

I am paying foir my bandwidth and I will utilize it how I like.

scum of the earth

>>109631493
>What gives you the impression that you are entitled to access everything without paying for it?
Is there laws that require me to watch ads?

>>109632743
you're violating the ToS and hurting journalists and creators

>>109632747
>you're violating the ToS
I'm using Invidious and Freetube, I've never agreed to any Terms of Service. Furthermore, Terms of Service is not a legal document: they can stop servicing me whenever they want. If they don't, I guess they're ok with that.
>journalists and creators
Journalists are hired men or contractors, they have fixed income that doesn't depend on ad revenue. Creator are paid based on view count which doesn't differentiate whether ads were watched.

>>109631493
You refuse to display small ads on the side, I hate popup ads that interfere my reading, viewing, whatever and I rather choose to vlock them, if blocking doesn't work, I leave and never come back.

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>>109632768

Ads take processor time and consume electricity, I'm not paying to watch your ads.

>>109631493
I don't want malware on my machine

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>>109631493
>Why do you use adblockers?

I pay to access the internet dumbass
If you don't want people to block ads, don't upload it to the internet

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>>109631493
>Why do you use ad blockers?

I just simply hate corporations

>counter board culture thread: check
>retards bumping the thread: check