Advertisements are shown without my knowledge, I have no possible way of knowing what lays behind the site I click. Or are you using a special version of Google that has a list of every damn advert and pop up that's going to be placed in front of me?
If you have eyes, you know what ads you're viewing. If you're not viewing them, I don't see your problem. Any ad shown without your knowledge is not a distraction and I don't see why you'd care. If an ad does show up, just click away?
It's not rocket science. Every now and then I come across a website with objectionable or intrusive ads. I close the tab. Problem solved. If there's information I need, I can look for it elsewhere or I can decide to knowingly undermine the financing of the site by using an ad blocker. No worries.
There's no requirement to know what ads will be shown before you go to a site. You go, you see, you decide whether you want to stay. You're trying to build it into the ridiculous burden that it just isn't.
If I click on Astronomy.com, I want to go read about astronomy, not donating to planned parenthood or local Russian singles.
Indeed. And it's the choice of Astronomy.com whether they wish to fund their site by including advertisements about planned parenthood and local Russian singles. You are not owed access to a version of Astronomy.com without ads. You're not owed access to Astronomy.com
at all.
You'll be interested to know that Adsense actually serves based on data that it holds on the user. It's interesting that those are the advertisements you're getting.
Also about the Adsense topic, Adsense is part of the website, not the adds on it, so even if I did consent to view the contents of the website, the advertisements are not a part of it, but rather a third party.
So when you buy a game made with Speedtree or Havok, that module isn't part of it? That's unfortunate, it's going to be a much worse game without that code, if it even runs.
It's like buying a house with a cats house. Once I buy the house I find a stray cat living inside, i have the right to get rid of it. I agreed to the cat house, but not the stray cat. I would be idiotic to say " but you knew there was a cat house so you should WANT the feral cat ".
Again, the stray cat is not an intended part of the purchase. Check on the contract what the actual house purchase entitles you to. Simply because a cat walks onto your property doesn't make it yours.
As I said in the last post, something slipping in clandestinely isn't part of the deal. Ads are not clandestine. They're the opposite, because the entire point of them is for them to be viewed.
And once I again I paid 1200$ for my PC set up, 50$ a month for Internet, 15$ a month for electricity and TAX and I still get advertisements when trying to relax and surf the web, but nah that's fine.
I don't particularly like ads either. I'm simply aware that many websites need some method to sustain themselves. Some do it through subscriptions. Others through Patreon. Many through ads. And probably dozens of other methods I haven't mentioned or thought of. I find it more pleasant when there aren't ads, but I'm aware of why they exist and yes, I'm fine with it.
You buying a computer, an internet connection and electricity does not entitle you to access a website for free. I'm sorry if you've been misinformed, but the internet is not a communist society where all servers belong to the collective. Parts of GTP are essentially behind a paywall, and that's the right of the site owner. Other parts display ads, and the site owner has chosen not to block the site to people using ad blockers. Again, as is his right to choose.
Nobody on the internet owes you a red cent. They don't owe you free access to information or services, any more than anyone in the real world does. I don't get how you think that the internet is somehow different from every other facet of human interaction in this way.
Want to take a third crack at why you're entitled to someone else's work while avoiding the method of payment they've chosen? Or is that too close to the heart of the matter and too hard to answer honestly? I think if you can actually answer that question, we'll come very close to putting this matter to bed.
Settle down and quit the abuse. I've not said anything hypocritical, you're just angry because you don't like what I'm saying but you're finding it hard to refute it with logic rather than emotion.
I think you're being overcharged mate.
I pay something like $80 AUD a month, but the Australia Tax is a well known phenomenon. Stuff here is more expensive than most, simply because Australia. In Japan several years ago I paid half as much for a connection at least twice the speed.
, My logic is, if people aren't willing to pay for it, it shouldn't exist. Listening to adds is a form of payment, which im not willing to put up with. Also, I pay for my internet service, and I paid for my computer, and my electricity. I don't want to see adds on MY computer. Telenav is offering a service much like any website is, it requires servers and personnel to maintain said servers but somehow it's not ok for them to put an add on your onboard car computer, but its ok for a website to put an add in my in my home computer. Logic! It's plain hypocrisy. There are plenty of ways to generate revenue that doesn't include plastering adds about irrelevant crap on your website, the simple fact is no one is willing to pay to access these sights because there's no inherent value to the end user. GT planet has a premium feature, which allows users to pay a fee if they wish to support the site. IF i ever do have that kind of disposable money I'll probably purchase it. Meanwhile im keeping my addblock off . If Jordan wants to modify the AUP to make it mandatory to run adds, he can, meanwhile don't give me the " websites require the revenue" speech. All websites have the power to pull a New York times/Forbes /Hulu which requires your addblock to be on to access the site.
