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minus-squarekemsat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·1 year agoDo you think everyone not paying is poor or greedy or entitled?
minus-squareBaku@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·1 year agoDo you think that using adblocker is theft and on the same level as stealing a car? (Just trying to make sure you’re not a linus in disguise)
minus-squareno banana@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoI don’t. I do block adverts when I cannot pay to remove them.
minus-squareLethtor@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoObviously it’s not like stealing a car and I’m pretty sure that’s a straw man, he just said it’s piracy, which I’d argue it is. It’s like taking the train without paying, you aren’t inherently hurting anyone, but if no one pays/watches ads it’s not sustainable.
minus-squareKusimulkku@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·edit-21 year agoYou remind me of the Simpsons episode where Marge was watching ads on Tivo because she felt bad for skipping them
Do you think everyone not paying is poor or greedy or entitled?
No.
Do you think that using adblocker is theft and on the same level as stealing a car?
(Just trying to make sure you’re not a linus in disguise)
I don’t. I do block adverts when I cannot pay to remove them.
Obviously it’s not like stealing a car and I’m pretty sure that’s a straw man, he just said it’s piracy, which I’d argue it is.
It’s like taking the train without paying, you aren’t inherently hurting anyone, but if no one pays/watches ads it’s not sustainable.
You remind me of the Simpsons episode where Marge was watching ads on Tivo because she felt bad for skipping them