Have you ever gotten a drink during a commercial break? Then I guess you’re a thief and a pirate who isn’t holding up their end of the deal.
He’s certainly welcome to bar adblock-users from his site. That’s technically possible, if his CPU time is so valuable. Same as a drive-in theater keeps out people who don’t pay.
But he’s not requiring ads. He’s requesting that people choose to watch them. Those ads are insultingly intrusive and obnoxious, and we are saying “no”, per our right to use our computers as we see fit. Huffing about how terrible it is that people are refusing to subject themselves to that garbage won’t accomplish anything. I’d say a better solution would be to identify monetization approaches that aren’t repellent.
Disincentivizing bad ideas is how progress is made. That’s just how a free market works. If treating his users badly is turning out to be unprofitable for him, I would classify that as a feature, not a bug.
He’s certainly welcome to bar adblock-users from his site. That’s technically possible, if his CPU time is so valuable. Same as a drive-in theater keeps out people who don’t pay.
But he’s not requiring ads. He’s requesting that people choose to watch them. Those ads are insultingly intrusive and obnoxious, and we are saying “no”, per our right to use our computers as we see fit. Huffing about how terrible it is that people are refusing to subject themselves to that garbage won’t accomplish anything. I’d say a better solution would be to identify monetization approaches that aren’t repellent.
Disincentivizing bad ideas is how progress is made. That’s just how a free market works. If treating his users badly is turning out to be unprofitable for him, I would classify that as a feature, not a bug.