Interesting article that shows us viewpoint from the other side, though I thought that tittle is just click bait 
It needs to be agreed on that this is not a simple problem to solve. But imho it is clearly unethical that adblock is making money from whitelist. They should either share the profit with their users, or charge only enough to support their infra etc. Cause it can be argued that "extortion" or "taxation" point can be quite valid (and this can be dangerous trend if ISPs or someone similar would jump on this bandwagon)
And to all local forum heroes either a) bashing Tom here and blocking the site b) adblock users saying how cool it is to use adblock you need to realize bigger picture. As in every similar system, You [the black passengers] do indeed reap benefits now due to majority of users still generating ad revenue, but problem is that when critical mass will be reached this system will stop The question is what happens then.
My point is that to be brave and cool black passenger is shortsighted if you do not have/propose/support better alternative/solution.
But for me, article went down to hell moment when he brought pirates and shoplifting into it. These two are biggest B$ that are cripling internet for years, because few idiots from hollywood are thinking they can force their DRM nonsense onto everyone else (ie Win10 and 4k drm)
It needs to be agreed on that this is not a simple problem to solve. But imho it is clearly unethical that adblock is making money from whitelist. They should either share the profit with their users, or charge only enough to support their infra etc. Cause it can be argued that "extortion" or "taxation" point can be quite valid (and this can be dangerous trend if ISPs or someone similar would jump on this bandwagon)
And to all local forum heroes either a) bashing Tom here and blocking the site b) adblock users saying how cool it is to use adblock you need to realize bigger picture. As in every similar system, You [the black passengers] do indeed reap benefits now due to majority of users still generating ad revenue, but problem is that when critical mass will be reached this system will stop The question is what happens then.
My point is that to be brave and cool black passenger is shortsighted if you do not have/propose/support better alternative/solution.
But for me, article went down to hell moment when he brought pirates and shoplifting into it. These two are biggest B$ that are cripling internet for years, because few idiots from hollywood are thinking they can force their DRM nonsense onto everyone else (ie Win10 and 4k drm)
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