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mk  ·  3482 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Forbes.com serves malware if you disable your adblocker

More people should use ad blockers.

One-way advertisements that convey a product message are very different from software that collects user information for the advertiser. They should not share the same name.

It's one thing for a website to sell ad space, it is another to sell user information.

The 'free content' web breaks business models. We might lament the loss of some of these businesses. However, selling customer data is not worth saving them.





user-inactivated  ·  3482 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    The 'free content' web breaks business models. We might lament the loss of some of these businesses. However, selling customer data is not worth saving them.

Agreed 110% I wish I could get more people to realize this.