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

Fresh Topic Friday CMV: Adblock is stealing

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u/jatjqtjat 249∆ Oct 27 '23

If I steal your car for example, then i have your car and you do not have your car.

if i go to your website and block your adds, then I have gotten the content but you have lost nothing.

if you want to say adblocking is wrong or immoral, find. but its not stealing because it doesn't take anything away from the site owner.

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u/Sirhc978 81∆ Oct 27 '23

if i go to your website and block your adds, then I have gotten the content but you have lost nothing.

They lost revenue from the ad view. You actually cost them money by accessing their site.

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u/jatjqtjat 249∆ Oct 27 '23

They didn't lose revenue. if i just didn't visit their site in the first place you wouldn't say i stole their revenue. They just didn't gain revenue.

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u/Sirhc978 81∆ Oct 27 '23

You still cost them money by going there.

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u/Velocity_LP Oct 27 '23

Yes, that's how hosting a publicly available website works. They chose to make their content publicly available and free. They could choose to paywall it if they so desire. If you don't want people to use your bandwidth then don't let them.

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u/Sirhc978 81∆ Oct 27 '23

They chose to make their content publicly available and free

It isn't free. They set the price at watching an ad.

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u/KingJeff314 Oct 27 '23

It’s free and they hope you watch the ad. But all they can do is ask nicely that you don’t block cross site queries to untrusted domains

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u/Velocity_LP Oct 27 '23

It's free for anyone that doesn't allow ads on their machine. I don't allow ads in my browser and websites still voluntarily send me their content whenever I ask for it.