Once the data enters my network it's my fucking data and I can do with it what I please.

Yeah. As if hacking into someone's mind is their right. Talk about entitlement...

What should be considered illegal circumvention is allowing articles behind a paywall to be included in search results.

And this is exactly why Google did away with Manifest v2 (what uBlock runs on) and why they wanted to introduce their “web integrity” standard. At that point the pages would be signed with ads and in the signature didn’t match the page wouldn’t even be shown.

They tried to play it off as “ensuring that you truly get the correct copy of the page and no bad hackers have intercepted it” but really it would have 100% forced ads.

The O.G. add blocker.

The concept is close to the same, how could something like this be seen as “illegal circumvention technology”?

It just shows us how disconnected the people in these positions can be that are regulating these things.

Fuckers want to colonize my property (my computer). that's what's illegal!

They wont be happy until eye tracking technology makes sure we sit and watch their fucking ads before the actual content appears.

I mean, none of this is getting better. Its only going to become worse. I have ads in the fucking pause screen on my streaming tv app. So if I want to take a toilet break, I get an ad in my face. Its just so ridiculous.

Lol they will even say blocking phishing links are unethical

Say here’s a thought: can we sue ad companies for theft of electricity? They’re using my electricity to display their ads, without my consent.

I actually agree with that but the only other solution is subject yourself to deeply concerning levels of surveillance, not to mention surveillance pricing.

I use AdNauseum and they have a toggle for privacy-conscious ads and I leave that on. That's my best compromise.

That was for 12ft.io Bypassing a pay wall. Not blocking ads.