brnt 9 days ago

> I have no issue with "consent or pay".

I have an issue with control over my browser. If you are sending me bytes, I am and should be free to render it as I see fit. If you send me bytes containing your product, you should understand this. If you want me to pay for your product, then place it behind an actual paywall. Don't offer the product together with some instructions that show commercials. I won't look at them, and no reasonable argument will make me.

I have no issue with paywalls and paying. I have an issue with attempting to control how I render what your webserver sends me.

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pests 9 days ago

There was the third option. "consent or pay or go away."

If you want to continue benefiting off others work for free, that's on you. The server didn't just send bytes to your browser, you asked your browser to do so.