Comment by akoboldfrying
12 hours ago
> The line is "I technically and able to do this" and "I am engaging with a system in good faith".
This is where the line should be, always. But in practice this criterion is applied very selectively here on HN and elsewhere.
After all: What is ad blocking, other than direct subversion of the site owner's clear intention to make money from the viewer's attention?
Applying your criterion here gives a very simple conclusion: If you don't want to watch the ads, don't visit the site.
Right?
I see downvotes, but no counterarguments.
Does anyone have a counterargument?
I think the counterargument is that a while ago ads became super annoying. They move, they grow in size, they feature nsfw things, they have weird js that annoys you when you try to leave. Perhaps some of this has toned down in recent years, but the damage is done. The ads are not good actors. It’s not as black and white as subverting or not subverting the will of the site owner.