On Tue, 6 Jun 2023 06:05:18 +0200 <to...@tuxteam.de> wrote:
>On Mon, Jun 05, 2023 at 05:59:11PM -0400, Celejar wrote: > >[...] > >> The only case I can see in which such offloading would >> be unethical is where the website operator is somehow engaging in >> deceptive behavior, but assuming it is not [...] > >A pretty strong assumption given that the crushing maturity of >the internet is fuelled by the ad industry, which, barred some >exceptions, can be characterised as "deception for hire". > >Cheers So somehow there still is no such thing as free lunch. You could just as well "blame" a cable TV network for running all those ads, your TV set after all won't eat less power. No profit means no fancy shows, sports, nor fancy websites. On the web things get quickly fuzzy of course, but in general neither is exactly deceptive. We know what we're doing and what we're doing is voluntary and the catches, if not obvious, are obviously well known. Know a workaround or work without it. I'm still a (somewhat) regular terminal links user, a text browser that is, no javascript not to mention anything more demanding, find it quite comfortable for text-dominated sites, like docs or Wikepedia, doesn't go well with physics/math content though. Also ok for a quick brush-up on news sites, where there's still a need, most don't work anymore but some do, not the ads. After all those years uBlock Origin probably saved me tangible money too, especially with German electricity costs (who's to blame?), but then what's cheating? Greetings, Oliver
