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 rick752Premium
join:2006-01-27
New York | Is there some kind of internet law? ... ... that says:
1) All images must be enabled in the browser? No?
2) Javascript must be enabled in the browser? No?
2) Flash must be enabled in the browser? No?
3) Java must be enabled in the browser? No?
4) Video must be enabled in the browser? No?
If these are not 'lawful' requirements of being on the internet, then so be it! There is no written or unwritten law that says these things have to be turned on to see anything a user doesn't want to see. If I can run these things disabled, then why can't I "selectively" enabled them? I have every right to do what I want with the content served. Is it bad for me to turn these options off? Tough! My computer .. my choice!
When a site becomes responsible for the content it serves, I will THEN even remotely entertain the idea of HAVING to view ads. Stores have to be responsible for the products THEY sell for 30 days ... maybe it should be fair that sites should take full responsibility for THEIR served products, fraud, malware, spyware, & privacy invasion on THEIR sites for the content that they serve. But they usually just leave YOU holding the bag if something bad is displayed. You just get a hearty, "Sorry about that!" from them. 
... and why does it seem that is it usually only bloggers that complain about ads being blocked? Is it because they feel that they deserve the ad revenue on their 'free' sites? I guess giving your opinion for the good of the internet is not enough? Do you share your ad earnings will the people who add comments ... because without THEM, your blog is totally worthless ... it's just another unnoticed paragraph in cyberspace. One more opinionated bigmouth gone is just another victory for the internet as a whole as there are already TOO MANY worthless bloggers out there now. Opinions are like a**holes .... if you want everyone to hear your (sometimes worthless) voices heard, then PAY for it!
This is not to says that there are not some good bloggers ... but I figure only about 5% are.
rick752- EasyList author for Adblock Plus
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 Jafo232You Can't Spell Democrat Without Rat.Premium
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Boonville, NY | Great, you arbitrarily set some percentage of worth on the net. All bow to rick.. | | |
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| Let me explain to you the concept of my computer, my choice.
All websites that I visit is downloaded to my web browser, therefore all the content of the website is downloaded on to my computer. Because of this I can choose what content I want have on my computer, local or otherwise because I own my machine. Your website, nor any other website, dictates what my computer does. Websites provide the content but it is my choice to control the content of the website that is transmitted to my computer's web browser.
Capitalism is such a wonderful thing and advertisements are a part of capitalism. But there is also another part to capitalism and that is called choice. I can choose to view ads or to not view ads. Using ad blocking software gives me the choice to do so and control the content that is transmitted to my computer. Because after all it is my computer and no one else's.
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