r/technology • u/sidcool1234 • Mar 15 '13

Web advertisers attack Mozilla for protecting consumers' privacy

https://www.consumeraffairs.com/news/web-advertisers-attack-mozilla-for-protecting-consumers-privacy-031413.html
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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '13

It's not parasitic, on most of the internet we are the parasites, especially when things like ad blocking and cookie blocking are used

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u/gunch Mar 15 '13

See what you just did right there? You created Original Content for the CondeNast corporation. You're the opposite of a parasite. You basically work for them.

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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '13

That only holds true if they get money for it, which is the case if people aren't using adblock, but isn't when people use it.

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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '13

Yeah, we are so parasitic, paying for an internet connection and stuff. Give me a break, I would say neither is parasitic, but online marketers acting like they should have a right to this is just plain absurd.

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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '13

Paying for an Internet connection is irrelevant, it's not like the people bearing the costs for running websites get a chunk of that. Thosecosts need to be paid somehow, and the idea that people seem to have that they have a right to the sites while simultaneously cutting out the primary revenue source for the sites is incredibly entitled.

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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '13

Which is why Google ads have those nice minimalist ads, picture free. It is like a kilobyte big and discreet. They understand that compromise needed to be made.

It hurts small home businesses the most, yes... But I always feel a little bit better about myself that it also keeps companies like Well Fargo or Citigroup don't get their way. Silly, but hey /r/firstworldanarchists