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WarmWashyesterday at 8:13 PM1 replyview on HN

>Maybe take a moment to consider why people are choosing to use adblockers in the first place.

So they can get content without compensating for it.

I've been on this train since the beginning. I was there when ad-block-plus read the writing on the wall 15 years ago and decided to make a truce with advertisers. It was clearly unsustainable for 50% of web users to be effectively parasites, so maybe we can negotiate on acceptable ad practices. But to the users, a truce with advertisers!?!? Ublock Origin was born days later.


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aleqsyesterday at 8:20 PM

Users do not compensate websites for serving ads. Your argument just doesn't make any sense.

Also - negotiating 'a truce with advertisers'? What does that even mean? Granting the ads industry even more power and control over the internet?

Can you come up with an idea that isn't a dystopian hellhole on its face?

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