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minus-squareDudeImMacGyver@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up21·3 days agoAd blocking isn’t even a legal grey area, it’s legal (as it should be, ads are a major attack vector for malware and scams).
minus-squareNewNewAugustEast@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·3 days agoI agree with you, yet I am sure there are lawyers who will argue that it would be against their terms of service. I am with the old school crowd: you put stuff on the internet however you like, and I will render it however I like.
minus-squareDudeImMacGyver@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 days agoTheir TOS can get fucked and it’s certainly not law: They’re free to deny service or ban users if they like, but I’m sure that’d go over like a lead balloon.
Ad blocking isn’t even a legal grey area, it’s legal (as it should be, ads are a major attack vector for malware and scams).
I agree with you, yet I am sure there are lawyers who will argue that it would be against their terms of service.
I am with the old school crowd: you put stuff on the internet however you like, and I will render it however I like.
Their TOS can get fucked and it’s certainly not law: They’re free to deny service or ban users if they like, but I’m sure that’d go over like a lead balloon.