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0 pointsaninhumer10y ago0 comments

>You use them, but deny their profit.

It's not the consumer's job to make companies profitable. If their business model relies on people viewing ads when they don't have to, that's their problem.

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TheLogothete10y ago· 2 in thread

It's a consumer's obligation to follow the provider's ToS. If you don't agree to those ToS, don't use the service.

drdeca10y ago

I think that if a consumer is to be considered to be obligated to follow the ToS, they should be presented with the ToS /first/ , and also have it be of a length which is actually reasonable for a typical person to read.

A person should generally not (there are exceptions in e.g. emergencies) be expected to agree to something without specifically choosing to agree to it, and knowing what they are "agreeing" to.

TheLogothete10y ago

I think it is perfectly plausible that everyone knows google, youtube, facebook, reddit, SO and other such sites rely on ads to operate. Yet people with adblock continuously use those services while blocking the business model which allows them to operate. It's not a case of loading a single page and not knowing what's there. You profit from those services every single day and knowingly harm their operations.

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