Turn on ad blocking firefox6/22/2023 Using ad blocking software to block all ads is stealing, no ifs, ands or buts. You can read his logic - I think that's the generic word - here (Google cache): the short version is Whether he would then consider it theft if other site owners divert Firefox users to his site (thus using his bandwidth and, um, money) isn't covered. There's only one site owner doing this - Danny Carlton, aka (to himself, for reasons I can't fathom) Jack Lewis, who is - judging by his site - a gun-owning home-schooling evolution-dissing Christian who reckons that to not look at the ads on his site(s) is theft. The FAQ doesn't seem to have been updated since July 1, 2003.Ĭharles Arthur adds: actually, "some site owners" might be a slight overstatement here. Well, we sell a Guardian Unlimited Ad-free version, but I don't expect many people pay for it. Clearly there's a long-term problem because universal ad blocking would eventually lead to the disappearance of vast amounts of free content, including The Guardian.
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