Imagine if Newspapers were originally run like web site news
If you wanted to read A paper, you would have had to buy a year's subscription
Isn't this just the system working as intended? You gain benefit from the content of a website and the people who make the content get compensated via ad revenue. If you choose to not provide them with ad revenue, you don't get the benefit of the content. It's basically the same as walking into a store and choosing not to buy a product on the shelf. You're not "getting yours" by not buying something, you're getting nothing and paying nothing, zero benefit for zero cost.
This is exactly why I choose to persevere with ad-blocking addons and make their website work the way I want it to without dumb bullshit getting in my way. :D
If you want people to use your website, make your website usable with unobtrusive ads or I'll make it usable for me, and you won't see a dime of ad revenue. Unfortunately, most sites seem to just double down (which doesn't work because it just makes ad-blocking even more necessary and popular). Sucks for them.
I don’t know how people who block ads are so delusional to think that these websites would be sad to see them go, any more than shops would be sad to see shoplifters take their business elsewhere.
I get why some people might block ads but don’t kid yourselves, you’re blocking the only revenue stream for most sites and it doesn’t cost you anything. I’m not taking about tracking of course, sites that track you can get fucked.
Panel #4: Me: "Your content is perfectly accessible without loading any turing-complete assets from your web server, thanks"
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