If all adblocks get deleted, would you still pirate? angielski

YoMismo, rok temu

Many of us was already a pirate before Mozilla, Google and adblocks were created.

theshatterstone54, rok temu

You can disable JS or use LibreJS to disable proprietary JS code.

nicman24, rok temu

i would just disable js

WeirdGoesPro, rok temu

I haven’t used a tracker with ads in over a decade.

Kolanaki, rok temu (edited rok temu)

I mean, there are still private, adfree trackers and things and I’ve been pirating before even Napster was a thing and the Internet was rife with malicious ads and popups. If anything, I’d pirate harder out of spite.

ruination, rok temu

Even if they do remove them from the official stores, you can always go straight to the source and sideload it.

pre, rok temu

@XeryBlox The first thing I would pirate would be a hacked version of Firefox that had ad-blockers in it.

If I can't get that then I'd think about abandoning the web for Gemini.

Saganastic, rok temu

You don't even need a hacked version. Just use an older version. Besides, Firefox is open source, I'm sure someone would fork off an adblock allowed version.

mateomaui, rok temu

yes, if pirating were more of a pain in the ass because of ads, I would still do it.

supervent, rok temu

Mldonkey/amule/emule do not have any ad anyway

callyral, rok temu

Not much of a pirate, but I do like blocking ads. In that situation, here are some browsers I believe would still have ad blocking capabilities.

Firefox-based browsers:

• Librewolf (privacy-focused; comes with uBlock Origin)
• Tor (don't know much about it, but it probably would have ad blocking still)

Chromium-based:

• Vivaldi (it appears they have built-in ad blocking; closed source though)
• Bromite (mobile; not sure if still continued)

5ubieee, rok temu

the only case i could see it stopping someone is if they just pirate for funsies and have the disposable income to buy anything they want lmao. if you need something and cant afford it then inconveniences and annoyances don’t matter

Skoobie, rok temu

Ads have never stopped me. Reasonable pricing to access content stopped for me for several years tho. Fuck you, Zaslav.

juliebean, rok temu

i have no idea what connection you think there is between piracy and adblockers. if anything, wouldn’t killing all adblockers encourage more piracy, not less?

Jerbil, rok temu

I don’t see how these two things correlate. Private trackers don’t have ads on them and many public ones that require an account don’t either. Are you still downloading things through a browser with jdownloader?

Apollo2323, rok temu

Blocking ads its not piracy.

theKalash, rok temu (edited rok temu)

I think it’s a qoute from some sitcome, I don’t remember where I heard it. But it’s “Not watching the ads is like stealing TV!”. And it’s about just changing the channel during an ad break. It’s clearly a joke, too. But maybe some people actually believe that.

wolfshadowheart, rok temu

It's quoting Linus Tech Tips. And he's being mostly genuine about it.