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StrongInTheArm · 08-22-2007, 11:02 AM

Apparently there is a guy in the US who considers FF's adblocking functionality to be tantamount to theft, presumably of his advertising revenue. Consequently he attempts to block all users with the FF browser from accessing his site.

He strikes me as being a bit of a loon, but I'm wondering if there is anybody else who sees a user blocking an ad. in this way as cheating them in any way.

I got this story from Jack Schofield who writes for the Guardian on techie issues and I'm wondering what a community of web designers think.

http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/technolo...d_updated.html

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StrongInTheArm v7n Mentor Join Date: 04-24-07 Location: Mare Tranquillitatis (The Sea of Tranquillity) Posts: 4,910 iTrader: 0 / 0% Latest Blog: None	Do you consider FF adblocking to be theft? Apparently there is a guy in the US who considers FF's adblocking functionality to be tantamount to theft, presumably of his advertising revenue. Consequently he attempts to block all users with the FF browser from accessing his site. He strikes me as being a bit of a loon, but I'm wondering if there is anybody else who sees a user blocking an ad. in this way as cheating them in any way. I got this story from Jack Schofield who writes for the Guardian on techie issues and I'm wondering what a community of web designers think. http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/technolo...d_updated.html __________________ :):):):):):):):)(:(:(:(:(:(:(: