| ▲ | tt24 2 hours ago |
| It is with your consent. You continue to visit these websites. If you don’t want their code running on your machine, simply don’t send a GET request. |
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| ▲ | ericjmorey an hour ago | parent | next [-] |
| If I buy a book, I'm not required to read any part of it. I'm allowed to control what I read. |
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| ▲ | tt24 an hour ago | parent [-] | | You’re allowed to use an adblocker. | | |
| ▲ | autoexec an hour ago | parent [-] | | You might be safe as long as the ad is on a website but stupid laws that shouldn't exist like the DMCA can make it illegal to block ads when you have to circumvent a technological measure in order to block those ads. Blocking ads and the steps needed to block them might also violate some product's EULA which could result in civil judgements against you. | | |
| ▲ | tt24 30 minutes ago | parent [-] | | > DMCA can make it illegal to block ads when you have to circumvent a technological measure in order to block those ads. Blocking ads and the steps needed to block them might also violate some product's EULA which could result in civil judgements against you. Your issue there is with the government. No disagreement from me in this regard :) |
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| ▲ | PartiallyTyped 39 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| That is a very weak argument. I don't have any way to decline seeing the ads before I do. I can't disable tracking by disabling js because, like a parasite, tracking software has uses what is necessary technology for websites to function. |
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| ▲ | tt24 31 minutes ago | parent [-] | | Sounds like to you the use of the internet is worth the risk of being tracked. |
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| ▲ | maest 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| I assume you forgot the /s. Otherwise this is a very weak argument. Using the Internet is approximately mandatory in our current society. "Don't use the Internet" is not useful advice. |
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| ▲ | tt24 an hour ago | parent [-] | | Sounds like the risk of seeing an advertisement is probably worth the benefit of using the internet then. |
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