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 No thank you. Taking uBlock away is a wake up call on how crappy a company it is, how unfree the browser is, how little they respect users. No Thank you. 6 comments
 @wesley @kevinrns @gpshead @coderCyclist I still don't see the point. All that an online ad is likely to do to me is make me pissed off with the advertiser and not buy the product.  @TimWardCam i don't understand what you're doing in this thread. not implying you don't have the right to, mind! but since you're fine with ads and chrome… why do you insist on lecturing people who are not? :-| @tivasyk I'm not fine with ads. I thought I just said that! They piss me off, and if they have the same effect on other people I question why the advertising spend. @TimWardCam ah, sorry! i must have completely misunderstood your comment :-( well, afaiu ads in their present form pose a number of security issues in addition to the psychological, esthetical and ideological ones… anyways, i am sorry, and thank you for the explanation! @tivasyk From time to time I ask in various places "has anyone ever bought anything from an ad that was shoved in their face when they were trying to look at something else" and nobody has ever said "yes". So I do wonder at the effectiveness of this advertising. |
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@kevinrns @gpshead @coderCyclist It's just a natural result of the largest browser being owned by a company that makes the majority of its revenue from ads. Sure a few users might jump ship from chrome, but they're betting that the majority will stay and no longer be able to use adblock.
This is what happens when companies become monopolies.