This article doesn't really dwell on the bad behaviour that advertisers use on websites. Tracking, fingerprinting, malware injections to name a few. Nothing justifies that sort of behaviour. Clearly advertisers have no problems publishing their junk for free.
We don't have to accept moral/emotional blackmail from publishers. We are not responsible for their business model. If a publisher wants to stop me reading a webpage because I'm not prepared to compromise my machine to read it, I'm happy to not read it. Publishers can always use a paywall but then they are not part of the conversation that is the internet.
I agree and I wish I could upvote this 500 times.
My browser is not your personal billboard and your ability to demand I pay attention to your bullying me to buy stuff I don't want/need stops at my browser.
This article doesn't really dwell on the bad behaviour that advertisers use on websites. Tracking, fingerprinting, malware injections to name a few. Nothing justifies that sort of behaviour. Clearly advertisers have no problems publishing their junk for free.
We don't have to accept moral/emotional blackmail from publishers. We are not responsible for their business model. If a publisher wants to stop me reading a webpage because I'm not prepared to compromise my machine to read it, I'm happy to not read it. Publishers can always use a paywall but then they are not part of the conversation that is the internet.
I agree and I wish I could upvote this 500 times. My browser is not your personal billboard and your ability to demand I pay attention to your bullying me to buy stuff I don't want/need stops at my browser.