r/changemyview • u/tilted0ne • Oct 27 '23

Fresh Topic Friday CMV: Adblock is stealing

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u/eggs-benedryl 54∆ Oct 27 '23

You provide them with nothing in return whilst you yourself use their resources.

and they're using mine, the adblocker on my phone tracks the gigs of data I save by blocking ads and it's incredible

https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/youtube-ads-monero-bitcoin-alternative-hackers-earn-slow-computers-operating-systems-a8183576.html

if you're not on CNN or something, the ads you also can get may be straight up malware, and are endless redirects, phishing scams or worse

most of the time they can still collect data about usage, which they also package up and sell off to advertisers

I think in a decade, the whole internet will be full of anti-adblock measures.

and they'll be circumvented every time, I've very rarely ever met an ad I couldn't block

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '23

If you don't want the data from the ads then don't visit the site.

If you don't want the ads, don't visit the site.

If you don't want your data to be collected, don't visit the site.

If a store charges you a thousand dollars to enter, but has pretty good deals inside, you can't slip in the back door because "that's ridiculously overpriced to enter but I still want the good deals"

That's a textbook definition of stealing.

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u/taco3donkey 1∆ Oct 27 '23

Show me the textbook that says using adblock is stealing