I wish there was a service that integrated with the major ad networks that allowed you to pay money not to be show ads. Something were the majority goes to the owners of the websites who's ads you're blocking.
The issue is that this is a global business with hundreds of companies and publishers and not much regulation (which is what I think is the real solution), plus people aren't interested in subscriptions when they can just download an extension and block everything for free.
Unfortunately, while I think the reasons for adblock can be valid, it's allowing people to effectively take content without letting the producers earn anything in return. Just because something is easy doesn't make it "right".
>Unfortunately, while I think the reasons for adblock can be valid, its allowing people to effective take content without letting the producers earn anything in return. Just because something is easy doesn't make it "right".
Do you feel the same way when someone mutes the TV during commercials?
What if I put a piece of tape across my monitor to block an fixed location add?
I don't feel morally obligated to view ads on publicly accessible internet sites in the same way that I don't feel obligated to stay in the room during commercials.
I'll happily pay content providers if it's easy, but it's a utilitarian decision for me not a moral one. If you put information in public, I don't feel bad about viewing only the portion of that information that's useful to me.
