@NGIZero I don't see that as a downside

if a company is more concerned about making money by selling my information than they are about wanting me to see the information on their website, I probably don't want to see that information

@NGIZero@mastodon.xyz prohibiting ad blockers is like prohibiting going to the toilet whilst linear tv ad breaks @fsfe@mastodon.social

@NGIZero @fsfe does that mean that we can also legally refuse to be advertised to in public? Sort of like how Banksy did when he would paint over billboards?

@NGIZero @fsfe If I cannot use a site without an adblocker and it’s not a source I want to support, I’m gone immediately anyway. The same goes for sites with fullscreen or massively content-hiding consent banners requiring more than one or two clicks to reject everything. It’s not as if the same information isn’t a few clicks away… I have quite a number of website subscriptions and find it important to support good journalism, but if you try to cram ads down my throat, get lost.

@NGIZero @fsfe Hey they already exclude me.

And my response is to invite them to stick their bytes...

@NGIZero @fsfe If a company blocks me from doing business because I use an adblocker is their loss not mine. Why?

I am sure the company competitor will welcome my business and money on my terms of what I want to see on my computer. Money does talk in this case. 😀

@NGIZero @fsfe @whatshisays whew, yeah, that is a big downside, but hopefully more and more people use adblockers in the days ahead

@NGIZero @fsfe Seems like a good move.

Although the Adblock Plus whitelist sure reads like asking for payments to ABP to get past the ad block. Part of why I stopped using them.

@NGIZero @fsfe
Adblocking should be illegal, along with people who don't finish books.

If an author sells you a book, they have the right to know you read all of it, to the end.

I'm going to remind everyone that not reading everything should be illegal, starting with an email campaign, with links to 4 hour videos where I explain my theories.

If people don't read all of my emails and watch the videos till the end, I'm going to sue.

@NGIZero @fsfe

I don't see why a site shouldn't be able to block their content from users who try to bypass their monitization strategy. I don't think it's smart for them to do so however... people who want to block ads are less likely to click on those ads anyway, and blocking them isn't always going to be enough incentive to disable the blocker.

If ads were less annoying, we might not be in an environment where blockers are so prevalent also. Treat users as more than just clicks.

@NGIZero @fsfe YouTube is already doing this with me, and I don't live in Germany. I've cut way back on my usage as a result.

@NGIZero @rayckeith @fsfe I foresee ad-flushers that accept the ads and send them to the bit bucket.