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0 pointsdash25y ago0 comments

Use the back button and don't go there again. Website owners need to make a living, they have a right to try to do so the way they see best, and not all consumers share your preferences.

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sildur5y ago· 2 in thread

I also have a right to handle their HTML the way I see fit, for instance by blocking their ads. If they don't like it, they should make their website private.

paulcole5y ago

> I also have a right to handle their HTML the way I see fit

I see this more as you technically having the ability to do this, but what makes it your “right”?

LocalPCGuy5y ago

Not the OP, but I have the right to control what code is delivered to (downloaded) and run on my computer.

That doesn't mean I have the right to use a website that decides they aren't good with me doing so without the ads or other portions I may block.

I don't believe I have any moral obligation to make that choice myself. Simply put, I have the right to block ads, and the website has the right to block usage to me if I don't load said ads, trackers, etc.

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ratww5y ago· 2 in thread

Using the back button is not enough.

Even using your method, the website will transmit information about me to several ad networks without my consent about retargeting, about which sites I'm visiting, which sites I visited before (via referrer header) and will fingerprint me. Even with their (mostly non-compliant) GDPR cookie banners, information is still transmitted.

As far as I'm concerned, no website owner has ever given me a choice of "just using the back button".

Only ad-blocking is enough to stop this from happening.

pabs35y ago

Your browser is the entity transmitting information to ad networks, your browser is obeying instructions from the website instead of obeying your instructions.

fsflover5y ago

Which happens because you run non-free JS code: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/javascript-trap.html

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ddevault5y ago

No one has a right to a viable business model. If it makes a negative impact on society, we can and should regulate it. Ads are a pox on this Earth.

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