I use an adblocker and I have for a while now. Every so often I hear a moral argument about why adblockers are bad (ads support free internet, etc) but to be completely honest, I simply don't care anymore. Advertising is in such a malicious state that yes, I'm going to put my own experience quality over whatever collective good there is in watching ads.

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matheusmoreira an hour ago | parent | next [-]

Advertising is mind rape. They're trying to force their brands and products into our minds without our consent. Any possible moral argument against ad blocking is overridden by the sheer intrusiveness and entitlement of advertisers. Our attention belongs to us, it's not theirs to sell to the highest bidder. Ad blocking is legitimate self defense.

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ligne 40 minutes ago | parent [-]

I hate ads as much as anyone but they are not in any way comparable to rape. Please have some sense of proportion.

	▲	_doctor_love 36 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Please don't post comments like this. The only thing it can trigger is a flame war. It won't go anywhere productive. Friends, ignore this thread. Move on. Don't engage.

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MrWiffles 42 minutes ago | parent | prev [-]

“[…] moral argument […]”

I mean, that’s pretty rich coming from the folks willfully engaging in human rights violating surveillance to overwhelm you with obscure useless nonsense that is literally an assault on your time, attention and mental health all for the 0.00001% chance of a vague hope you’ll click or tap their lie of an ad for snake oil that doesn’t work and is designed to steal your credit card number anyway, all just to make them rich so they won’t have to get a real job in the first place.

Moral argument. Right.

	▲	jfengel 32 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		The moral argument is less absurd from the people who actually run the web site and are just looking for a way to be compensated for their effort. It still doesn't quite hold, and the fact that it's being handed to them by the companies who get most of the profit is a big red flag. But it's at least understandable why the site owners don't see themselves nearly as badly as we see the ad companies.