Websites that block Adblock users are completely justified for doing so
It’s like walking into a store then taking what you want and leaving. Ad block users often say that they will whitelist if they enjoy the site but you don’t get to enjoy the product then decide whether or not you want to pay.
People also often say that they will leave a site if it tells them to turn off Adblock, but this won’t make a difference to the owners except they save money off of you not stealing their bandwidth.
If you don’t like how the ads are set up YOU CAN LEAVE. But don’t expect them to supply content for you, out of their own pocket. They have mouths to feed!!!
People will go and make fun of r/choosingbeggars then go and be one themselves!!
Posted Sep 14, 2019, 11:57 PM UTC
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First of all, there are a ton of things wrong already. Not the least of these are the big differences between physical property and intellectual property.
The biggest difference is that the food in a grocery store is produced by companies with health standards. Advertising companies do not, and as such, ads have been proven to be capable of delivering malware, adware, spyware, and ransomware. This can happen without the site even knowing about it.
Maybe some day when the vast majority of advertisers start adhering to strict safety standards, I can then disable my ad blocker because I can at least trust advertisers ro some non-zero degree. That day is not today.
Again, we're not stealing anything.
Or I can just install uBlock Origin.
I literally could not care any less.
You are not entitled to survive as a website just as a grocery store is not entitled to survive as a store. If you want enough users to donate $5 per month to pay for hosting, good, your content should not be generic, cookie-cutter BS that can't maintain an audience.
So you are stealing. You admit it, and you don't care. When you view their content you have to do it on their terms, if not you can get lost and view someone elses content. SERVERS COST MONEY THEY ARE NOT DOING YOU A PAID SERVICE FOR FREE. YOU NEED A REALITY CHECK.
IF YOU BLOCK ADS THEY DONT MAKE MONEY, AND THEY DONT NEED YOUR DAMN "EXPOSURE" FROM A LARGER AUDIENCE.
YOU ARE LEECHING
No, I'm not. Stop trying to twist what I said.
If I didn't see a Terms of Service as the first thing when I visited the site, then zero agreement was made. Nothing explicit, nothing implicit. Period.
Again, your expenses are not my responsibility. I am well aware that servers cost money, but this should be basic, bare minimum common sense.
You are well aware that you're typing this on Reddit, right? You're typing this on a site that allows users to pay to get virtual currency for awarding posts and comments while also providing financial support. Reddit's Premium subscription service is voluntary. You're aware of this, right? You're trying to create a false dichotomy that websites can either run ads or go broke. Yet the platform you're writing this on serves as a direct counterexample.
Also, should I mention that using ALL CAPITAL LETTERS makes you look silly in this regard?
Reddit has ads, but legally a website should have every right to block ad block users, if you don’t like it go somewhere else
And I can block their anti-AdBlock measures as well while buying their merchandise (et cetera) or donating to them.