Date: Mon, 4 May 1998 04:24:42 -0700 (PDT) From: sos@FreeBSD.ORG To: eivind@yes.no (Eivind Eklund) Cc: sos@FreeBSD.ORG, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/www/ijb - Imported sources Message-ID: <199805041124.EAA09035@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <19980504124448.41478@follo.net> from Eivind Eklund at "May 4, 98 12:44:48 pm"
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In reply to Eivind Eklund who wrote:
>
> > I think that those that put adds on the pages are the bad guys, they
> > STEAL my bandwith and MY money form the extra connection time it takes to
> > download, so it should be under AATT ('Automated Anti Theft Tool!)
>
> They're also providing the content of the page. If you consider the ads
> bothersome - then don't view pages containing ads!
Thats exactly what this is about, now I got a tool that can automate
this for me, great !!
> I'll say it again: The ads are paying for the service. If you drop
> watching the ads, then you provide less payback to those that develop free
> services, and thus less opportunity (and possibly less incentive). If you
> use this kind of software, you're asking for more services to go for
> membership only.
I'll say it again, THIS IS A FREE WORLD, and nobody can dictate that
you should download the adds period. If that means that some of
those "poor" suckers doing "free" websites have to close, well
so be it, its not the end of the world, its a victory damn it!
Its obvious that you must be affiliated with one of those companies
doing this kind of business to have this attitude.
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Soren Schmidt (sos@FreeBSD.org) FreeBSD Core Team
So much code to hack -- so little time.
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