Blocking Ads is stealing?
OMG! I must rush off right away to turn in ComCast and every Cable/Satillite Provider out there - they all block adds on broadcast channels and substitute their own! Maybe there's a big reward in it for me
OK, a site that has no retail hook has to pay the bills if it is to remain a subscription-free service, and Banner ads is one way to possibly do so. But Microsoft doesn't need to clutter up my precious visual real estate with ads for FedEx in order to keep the servers turned on!
Screen space on my device is valuable. I have less than 3 sq" to work with, and it costs me ~$120/month, so if Microsoft and Fed Ex want to commandeer 0.5 sq" of it, they owe me at least what I have to pay for the 'privilige' of carrying their ad around with me. Otherwise they are 'stealing' from me!
With that 0.5sq" costing me about $20/month, plus the purchase and depreciation of the phone, those Pirates will be stealing a lot from me, as compared to the ~$0.01/click that they might lose from FedEx if I block them. So if I block the ads, my actions will be far less 'criminal' than theirs.
Besides, didn't Microsoft build a banner/pop-up blocker into Internet Explorer? OMG! - Another desperate 'thief' for me to turn in for the Reward! Gotta go make a phone call!
MadSci