You get a 5 second delay before they flip the switch if you're a firefox user.
this post was submitted on 21 Nov 2023
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Can I just say I use chrome so I can get executed instantly?
Yep, just change your user-agent and they'll flip the switch immediately.
All of you using adblockers are pathetic. You'll willingly deprive companies of their revenue just because you can't be bothered to see a few ads? It's not like ads are harmful or anything!
...hang on I think porn just started playing on my computer I have to find where the popup is and close it... Right after I close this other popup that says I've won 69 trillion dollars, and this one for dick pills, and this one for free vbucks, and this online casino one, and that one saying I have 420 viruses on my PC, and this one from the local fringe religious group that says I'll go to hell if I poop, and this one that straight up looks like it's trying to download ransomware, and... Damn my battery just died from all the extra processing power those popups needed. Uh but adblock is still evil though, don't forget that.
bUt BlOcKiNg AdS iS pIrAcY
AnD PiRaCy iS StEaLiNg
You wouldn't download an ad, would you?
Denying profit to corporations is theft, so using adblockers will be put on the same level as digital piracy. How dare you consume content without letting your eyeballs get force-fed ads.
Using ad blockers is piracy, insofar as you're avoiding paying the price the content provider has set for that content. The price is watching the ads, rather than being something directly monetary, and you're not paying it.
That said, neither that nor piracy are theft, and in both cases I gladly pirate because the prices in most instances have gotten away too high for what you get. Either in terms of subscription cost, or the time and quantity of ads delivered.