Comment by smsm42

These guys seem to miss one important thing. The fact they have a business and try to earn money by doing some things does not put any obligations on me. They try to write free content and earn money by showings ads. Great idea. Unfortunately, ads are in 99.99% cases done so badly they really piss me off, so I don't want to look at them. Should I feel guilty that I am denying those nice guys earning a living by that? No more than I should be feeling guilty not going to McDonalds because I don't like the taste of their sauce (true story!) and this denying nice people that work there some of their revenue. If these guys say that if I'm not going to look at ads I'm not welcome on their site - fine, I won't come there anymore. I never heard of them before today anyway, and didn't feel a gaping void in my life. But I won't feel guilty because their business model makes me physically unwell. I tried browsing with AdBlock off, and it's hell. Most ads are crappy, repetitive, annoying as hell and completely irrelevant to me. I feel no obligation to subject myself in my home on my computer to this abuse. You want my money? Do something I want to buy. You want me looking and clicking on stuff? Do something I want to look on and click on. Your business model doesn't work this way? Do it without me or change it.