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Originally Posted by murraypaul
Without the ads on commercial websites, there are no commercial websites.
So what would your response be to a threat to disconnect your internet service for using ad-blocking software?
And no, I see no ethical obligation whatsoever to watch adverts.
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They're not trying to disconnect your service. They just don't want companies to profit from making ad blocking software. Theres a difference.
I don't know if I'd go so far as Harry in saying not watching commercials is ethically wrong. But I do think using ad skipping DVRs have external costs that undermine the whole commercial TV structure. You may say that's great, but what do you plan on replacing it with? Are your cable bills not high enough for you?
Maybe if it's different in the UK where the BBC is tax supported. In the US, even the tiny funding for public broadcasting is intolerable to conservatives.