On: Adblocking: How about Nah?

[mikeash]

The problem is that document delivery is still the main function, but the platform wants to be a fully capable app platform.

Yes, it’s great that the web is capable of stuff like Google Docs. But all those capabilities are actually liabilities when it’s a news site.

[manigandham → mikeash]

It is a fully capable platform. How it's used isn't a fault of the platform though. It seems user-agents and adblockers are applying the proper protections, just like how antivirus works on your desktop.

[Kaiyou → manigandham]

But nobody whines about antivirus and begs you (and the government) to disable it, so they can sell you.

[manigandham → Kaiyou]

Well the difference is ads and malware are not the same thing, but they use the same vectors. The comparison would be more like removing DRM protections vs using antivirus.