But as some Amecians know, there are people that live outside the US, that actually have other rules.
Besides, what is wrong with protecting your computer (or any other property of yours for that matter), from getting infected with a bunch of junk, that you really don't want? Should we also outlaw Norton Antivirus, McAfee, Trend Micro etc. because they will not allow a web page or an email to put a trojan horse or another virus on our computer?
The ads are technically not a part of the content (unless being text messages, or base64 encoded into the actual HTML file - and that is not the case in 99%), they are links from the contents.
I can as with any other web page choose to follow links freely. There has to my recollection never been any obligations to follow links.
About being a dick and not viewing ads. I mean this is solely your point of view. You have not presented any arguments so far that supports your case, and it is all based on your subjective oppinion. So please stop calling everybody a dick, just because they don't agree with you.
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Well true for Ununited States of America.
But as some Amecians know, there are people that live outside the US, that actually have other rules.
Besides, what is wrong with protecting your computer (or any other property of yours for that matter), from getting infected with a bunch of junk, that you really don't want?
Should we also outlaw Norton Antivirus, McAfee, Trend Micro etc. because they will not allow a web page or an email to put a trojan horse or another virus on our computer?
The ads are technically not a part of the content (unless being text messages, or base64 encoded into the actual HTML file - and that is not the case in 99%), they are links from the contents.
I can as with any other web page choose to follow links freely.
There has to my recollection never been any obligations to follow links.
About being a dick and not viewing ads. I mean this is solely your point of view.
You have not presented any arguments so far that supports your case, and it is all based on your subjective oppinion. So please stop calling everybody a dick, just because they don't agree with you.
So you support SPAM as well?
I can say no to get ads through my mail slot at my house, so I can't see why I shouldn't be able to say no to ads on the web.
The model is wrong, the sites we are talking about are forcing you to view ads.