Your while outlook is flawed: Language is fluent and evolves, it is not a formalized, static thing. Hence there actually is no "correct" way to use it. Sure, new things are avantgarde for a while and may be disturbing to people like you, but they are legitimate to use.
Focusing on a side-show and missing the central issue is very, very wrong. It is the thing that kills societies.
From my observations it usually is self-important morons that have nothing worthwhile to contribute (because they have no clue) and hence they focus on the language. Seems to me that was the only skill they ever mastered and now they drastically overestimate its worth.
The argument is that the business of AdBlock plus is interfering with their business illicitly. 5 German courts have now rejected that argument and there is basically zero chance for a positive verdict now.
Indeed. But then said websites would have to admit that the absolute worst thing in the world that could happen to them is people not going to their site anymore. And that is why they will not block users for long or at all.
Indeed. These are German companies offering German content (and fortunately German is not a language spoken in the whole world as it is not a very good one -- yes, I am a German native speaker), and the lawsuits were against a German company. This, incidentally, was clear from the beginning. These rulings are quite disfavorable to "home grown boys", but I guess some people will just rather spout their misconceptions than having a single look at readily available facts.
This seems to be come case of these people claiming "mine is better than yours". In IT, pragmatic solutions are king, but there will always be people that want the "best" solution in order to be able to tell others how superior they are. AdBlock plus is a perfectly fine ad blocker and uBlock Origin is too. There is no reason to try to convince others to move from one to the other except to try to promote some myth of personal superiority stemming from personal use of a specific product. That is just stupid and incidentally a mechanism used heavily in advertising.
Seriously, you cannot bothered to configure something you are going to use _a_ _lot_ for 5 minutes? How it you manage to switch on your PC? It forced you to find and press the power-button! That must be so offensive to you every time, as your PC is making you its bitch!
In addition, my impression is that the part of the web that does _not_ try to monetize its users (or very, very discreetly, such as the Sponsor-Logos at the bottom of www.kernel.org) is the part that has the highest value. Next come sited documenting and selling their own products: They do not need ads for other things. I think we would actually be better off without the rest.
Incidentally, that is the classical payment mode for all art: They perform and the audience decides whether it was worth anything and donate _afterwards_ or not. This is the thing that Shakespeare worked with, can have been only good for quality. You have zero moral or practical right to be paid for content you put out there. The only right you have is to not have somebody else claim they created it, not you.
Now, as long as I can block parts of a website, I will do so whenever I like. And I will go so far to make a firewall rule for ads that are especially annoying or dangerous. Turns out most ads do not come from the sites I visited, after all and if anybody tries to tell me I do not have the right to block specific IP addresses, then they are nuts.
In the same venue, I do not have Flash on my machine anymore and I do not use a browser that simulates it. Does kill videos on some sites, but I can do without them. Now some people here are apparently saying that I would need to install Flash again in order from them to be able to serve Flash ads? That is even more nuts.
And on the other hand, I do think that AdBlock plus is on the right track with their "acceptable ads" idea. I don't know what they will do if an "acceptable ad" serves malware though.
Fascinating, that a "no-ID" complains about "low-ID" ones. Incidentally, my impression was far more than the ones criticizing anti-MS articles are mostly high-ID posters?
In all fairness to Trump, he is an excellent con-man! I do however think he has not quite thought this through, because if he becomes president, he will have to deliver _something_ over those 4 years, quite unlike his usual modus operandi.
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It seems you are lacking reading comprehension. Or you are trolling, which is worse.
Reading comprehension?
And you are the arbiter of what is correct or not? Talk about a god-complex...
Optimizing when there is no need is a beginner's mistake. Being proud if it is dumb.
Your while outlook is flawed: Language is fluent and evolves, it is not a formalized, static thing. Hence there actually is no "correct" way to use it. Sure, new things are avantgarde for a while and may be disturbing to people like you, but they are legitimate to use.
Focusing on a side-show and missing the central issue is very, very wrong. It is the thing that kills societies.
From my observations it usually is self-important morons that have nothing worthwhile to contribute (because they have no clue) and hence they focus on the language. Seems to me that was the only skill they ever mastered and now they drastically overestimate its worth.
They are not "right". Language is fluent and evolves.
Your efforts are commendable. Give it time.
The argument is that the business of AdBlock plus is interfering with their business illicitly. 5 German courts have now rejected that argument and there is basically zero chance for a positive verdict now.
Indeed. But then said websites would have to admit that the absolute worst thing in the world that could happen to them is people not going to their site anymore. And that is why they will not block users for long or at all.
The last gasps of a doomed business-model. Trying to force your trash on people is not a sustainable long-term strategy.
Indeed. These are German companies offering German content (and fortunately German is not a language spoken in the whole world as it is not a very good one -- yes, I am a German native speaker), and the lawsuits were against a German company. This, incidentally, was clear from the beginning. These rulings are quite disfavorable to "home grown boys", but I guess some people will just rather spout their misconceptions than having a single look at readily available facts.
Why would I care if it does not make a difference in practical use?
This seems to be come case of these people claiming "mine is better than yours". In IT, pragmatic solutions are king, but there will always be people that want the "best" solution in order to be able to tell others how superior they are. AdBlock plus is a perfectly fine ad blocker and uBlock Origin is too. There is no reason to try to convince others to move from one to the other except to try to promote some myth of personal superiority stemming from personal use of a specific product. That is just stupid and incidentally a mechanism used heavily in advertising.
Seriously, you cannot bothered to configure something you are going to use _a_ _lot_ for 5 minutes? How it you manage to switch on your PC? It forced you to find and press the power-button! That must be so offensive to you every time, as your PC is making you its bitch!
In addition, my impression is that the part of the web that does _not_ try to monetize its users (or very, very discreetly, such as the Sponsor-Logos at the bottom of www.kernel.org) is the part that has the highest value. Next come sited documenting and selling their own products: They do not need ads for other things. I think we would actually be better off without the rest.
And that is how it is.
Incidentally, that is the classical payment mode for all art: They perform and the audience decides whether it was worth anything and donate _afterwards_ or not. This is the thing that Shakespeare worked with, can have been only good for quality. You have zero moral or practical right to be paid for content you put out there. The only right you have is to not have somebody else claim they created it, not you.
Now, as long as I can block parts of a website, I will do so whenever I like. And I will go so far to make a firewall rule for ads that are especially annoying or dangerous. Turns out most ads do not come from the sites I visited, after all and if anybody tries to tell me I do not have the right to block specific IP addresses, then they are nuts.
In the same venue, I do not have Flash on my machine anymore and I do not use a browser that simulates it. Does kill videos on some sites, but I can do without them. Now some people here are apparently saying that I would need to install Flash again in order from them to be able to serve Flash ads? That is even more nuts.
Which is not even hard to find.
And on the other hand, I do think that AdBlock plus is on the right track with their "acceptable ads" idea. I don't know what they will do if an "acceptable ad" serves malware though.
All bureaucracy is unnecessary, most is not painless though.
Have they actually found any of those by now?
Fascinating, that a "no-ID" complains about "low-ID" ones. Incidentally, my impression was far more than the ones criticizing anti-MS articles are mostly high-ID posters?
Naaa, they can make Nazi-Sexbots! (Well, chatterbots, but still...) There must be a market for that.
In all fairness to Trump, he is an excellent con-man! I do however think he has not quite thought this through, because if he becomes president, he will have to deliver _something_ over those 4 years, quite unlike his usual modus operandi.
You think they are stupid enough to be this obvious? Of course, we are talking about a government bureaucracy, so you may have a point....
Simple: Fascism is the new "reasonable".