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Originally Posted by jimh12345
I suggest that everybody just chill on the ethical question. Amazon sells these knowing that the clickthrough rate will be low and that a certain number of people will reconfigure ('hack') them to skip the ads.
If I skip TV commercials, have I behaved unethicially?
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I think the question of ad removal will become more prevalent as we move into the new era.
Consider this, the Firefox web browser is used by about 20% of those who use browsers. Firefox is made by the Mozilla Foundation, a non-profit organization that promotes openness, innovation and participation on the Internet. If the next version of Firefox were to come preinstalled with adblock plus, what do you think would happen?