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1. Strypey (strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz)'s status on Sunday, 13-Jan-2019 01:53:09 EST Strypey

   @z428 two things on this,

   > using ad blockers again tries to fix things conveniently on the consumer side

   1) #FreeCode licenses and #copyleft try to fix things conveniently on the consumer side as well. Waiting for some kind of regulation like #GDPR or #AntiTrust suites to stop companies from abusing #Adware as #Spyware would be about as effective as waiting for states to enforce protection of #SoftwareFreedom through regulation and court action. Still waiting ...

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   1. Strypey (strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz)'s status on Sunday, 13-Jan-2019 01:53:31 EST Strypey

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      @z428
      2) your comment severely understates the benefits of #AdBlockers. My laptop used to crash *constantly* until I installed #NoScript. Had I not been using an adblocker, the web would have been completely unusable for me.
      @pootz @sophia

      1. Strypey (strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz)'s status on Sunday, 13-Jan-2019 01:55:55 EST Strypey

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         @z428
         3) advertising is and has always been a dodgy way to fund anything. Chomsky and Herman's book #ManufacturingConsent (and the documentary of the same name) explained that in detail back in 1988, before the web was invented. I agree with #AdBusters that anything we can do to disrupt the ad business is a legitimate and necessary form of activism.
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