• A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    2 months ago

    The economic reality is that I have to use adblocking because ad services refuse to police and moderate their system. Thats the economic reality that they created.

    Having a problem with the end user protecting themselves from what the advertisers and their ad services created is just trying to shift blame.

    • 60fpsrefugee@lemm.eeEnglish
      2·
      2 months ago

      That’s where Youtube premium comes in. To protect you from ads with a cost per month.

    • tb_@lemmy.worldEnglish
      21·
      2 months ago

      But that doesn’t mean it isn’t piracy?

      Downloading old Nintendo ROMs because the company refuses to redistribute them is also piracy, even though I would say it’s morally justified.

      • dustyData@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        2 months ago

        This has been argued in courts ad nauseum. It is not piracy. Just downloading is not piracy. If you download a ROM from a site, the site is guilty of piracy. You are not. If you download from a torrent though, you’re guilty because you’re also participating in the distribution. There’s also nuance with profit depending on the jurisdiction. But, just like throwing away a pamphlet is not piracy, refusing to download and ad is not piracy.

    • papertowels@lemmy.oneEnglish
      11·
      2 months ago

      You…really don’t have to.

      Again, I’m all for ad blockers, I use Firefox, I’ve ran my own pihole instance, etc.

      I’m just going to be frank, you’re being a little melodramatic. Do you just get vaporized when you use someone else’s computer and an ad blocker isn’t installed? Likely not.

      Ironically, by framing what is just a quality of life thing as a mandatory reaction to content providers actions, it sounds like you’re the one trying to shift blame onto them. Your entire argument has very strong “LOOK AT WHAT YOU MADE ME DO” energy.

      All I’m saying is call a spade a spade. I acknowledge that by using an ad blocker, I’m economically negatively affecting the content provider. I’m okay with that. On some websites I’ll disable the ad blocker, if it’s one I use a lot with reasonable constraints.

      • A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        2 months ago

        Your entire post is trying to frame end users for the responsibility of what the advertising companies have done (or more like failed to do) and caused as a result.

        You’re trying to hold a fork up and demand everyone acknowledge as a spade, and ridicule anyone who doesnt agree with a very dismissive attitude.

        • papertowels@lemmy.oneEnglish
          1·
          2 months ago

          Do you agree that “What the advertising companies have done” was in agreement with the providers of the content you’re consuming?

          Meaning, the providers of the content you’re consuming intended for the advertising to be a revenue stream?

          Meaning it’s not “the big bad advertisers” - it’s really the providers of the content you’re voluntarily consuming who you’re trying to frame as the bad guys?