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Online Ad Czar Berates Adblockers As Freedom-Hating 'Mafia' (thestack.com)

Posted by timothy on from the strange-days-have-found-us dept.

An anonymous reader writes: Randall Rothenburg, the president and CEO of the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) has made a speech branding the creators of Adblock Plus (who were banned from the conference where he made this keynote) as "rich and self-righteous," and accused adblockers of subverting freedom of the press. Speaking at the IAB's annual conference, Rothenburg characterized the Adblock Plus team as "operating a business model predicated on censorship of content."

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  1. Yes, I'm the Mafia by jdavidb · · Score: 3, Funny

    Online Ad Czar Berates Adblockers As Freedom-Hating 'Mafia'

    Yes, that's me. I'm a jerk, and I'm the mafia, and I block your ads, and I'm the end of Western Civilization as you know it, and worst of all I don't even care.

    What are you going to do about it?

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  2. thanks for the recomendation by frovingslosh · · Score: 5, Funny

    I had expected that this ad blocker software was ineffective and didn't bother with it, but after this high recommendation by someone in the industry I'm going to install it.

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    I'm an American. I love this country and the freedoms that we used to have.