• sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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    10 months ago

    Yup, it’s also why I refuse to run video games with kernel-level anti-cheat (and I use Linux, so that wouldn’t work anyway), and why I block as much as I can through my browser. I do allow certain intrusions, like DRM for certain games or videos, but it’s on a case-by-case basis and not something I just hand out.

    So I completely agree. If they want me to pay for it, they need to find a privacy-respecting way to do it. I can buy a newspaper at the store with cash, and until I can accomplish the same thing through my browser, I’ll keep using an ad-blocker. I’m happy to pay a few cents here and there, but I’m not making an account and I’m certainly not letting them plaster my browser with annoying and privacy-violating advertisements.