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

i know this is extremely unlikely to happen, but imagine if both mozilla and google decides to remove adblock extensions in every way, if that happens, would you still pirate?

Some people might say about *arr aplications, but imo that wouldnt work, simply because without adblocks, the trackers would do something to stop it.

YoMismo,

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

theshatterstone54,

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

nicman24,

i would just disable js

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

Kolanaki, (edited )
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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,

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

pre,
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@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,

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,

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

supervent,

Mldonkey/amule/emule do not have any ad anyway

callyral,
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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,

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

juliebean,

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,
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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,

Blocking ads its not piracy.

theKalash, (edited )

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

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