Using adblock is stealing

[Deleted]

You are stealing potential ad revenue by using adblock. There is a reason so many sites have begun to force premium services as of lately to pay off the hosting costs.
How do you feel about it? Should every site cost to access?

[Elim Garak]

Sue me, darling.

[Woadnson]

Adverts are theft of my bandwidth.

[pateuvasiliu]

Ads are cancer.

[Deleted]

Ads are cancer.

They wouldn't be if you stopped using adblock.

[Shaqur]

Ads are giving me eye cancer, how do advertisers feel about that? They don't give a fuck about me, neither do I give fuck about them.

[Adam Jensen]

Then stop making obnoxious ads that block content, play sound/video and download malware.

[alturic]

If by stealing you mean not allowing the site to make money off my visit... otherwise I'm not stealing anything.

However, before you comment you should have a basic understanding of websites.

http://www.mmo-champion.com/external...s=120&count=10

ZOMG! If you clicked that you just accessed MMO-C, got the posts on the homepage and didn't see any ad! Thief!

[pateuvasiliu]

They wouldn't be if you stopped using adblock.

Yes they would. They're annoying, open links/play videos that I don't want played and are just a nuisance.

[Deleted]

On the other hand: ads need to be downloaded and rendered, so in turn they steal visitor's internet bandwidth and electric current.

[SL1200]

Everyone blocks ads. If a site won't let me view content. There as always another site that will let me view similar content.

[Deleted]

Stealing implies posession of someones elses goods without permission, I don't see any money from ad revenue on my bank account?

[ali725]

For me Adblock is LIFE....and i will never take it off.

[Viikkis]

Ads are not mandatory. Think of them more as donations since most sites just ask you nicely to whitelist their site. They're not actively enforcing people to watch ads. Besides ads can be harmful for your computer.

[Serenity91]

Everyone NOT using adblock is retarded.

It's a big security risk that needs to be adressed.

[Ealyssa]

I block site I use but don't really care about or are too expensive for what they offer
I avoid site who block blockers
I pay for site I like, if price is correct

[Crillam]

If I wanted to watch ads I would watch TV. Ads every 10 min or so.
When I watch a youtube video, visit a site or anyhting like that I am there for a reason, and that reason is not watching ads.

[Poganin]

Fuck advertisements. They're intrusive, obnoxious, potentially dangerous, and a nuisance in general. I'm not disabling adblock or anti-anti-adblock plugins ever. Now if I only knew how to block those annoying exit intent popups, I'd be a happy internet user.

[carlos9949]

You are stealing potential ad revenue by using adblock. There is a reason so many sites have begun to force premium services as of lately to pay off the hosting costs.
How do you feel about it? Should every site cost to access?

Adblock is not stealing, its protection about all the garbage you didnt ask in your screen, without adblock you will get like 20 or more pop ups screens that you didnt ask wich is a trasspassing to your property, your pc! so fuck off with your stealing thing

[Cruor]

You are stealing potential ad revenue by using adblock. There is a reason so many sites have begun to force premium services as of lately to pay off the hosting costs.
How do you feel about it? Should every site cost to access?

If they stopped making obnoxious adds that play sound or block my view, I might consider not using adblock. If its a quiet, subtle ad at the bottom of the screen, I'll tolerate it. Anything more then that, they can fuck themselves.