"Do you want servers to figure out that you're blocking ads at the network level,"
I don't want anything. The server has content, I GET content.
Scenario I: I don't block any content;
Scenario II: Same as Scenario I, but I don't click ads;
Scenario III: Same as Scenario II, but I don't look at the ads;
Scenario IV: Same as Scenario III, but an opaque overlay is placed above the ads;
Scenario V: Same as Scenario IV, but the ad content is furthermore moved outside of the viewport;
...
My scenario: I don't GET ad content. Or any content I decide not to GET.
"they have a lot more right to do it, if it's in their TOS" I am in a cybercafe in Matakana. What is this TOS you speak of?
The internet is an open medium. You want to trade our (edit: both mine and the server's) bandwidth (ads I would GET, but not pay attention to) for your content? Fine. I'll pipe it to /dev/null. Or save us both the effort, and not GET it at all.
I don't want anything. The server has content, I GET content.
Scenario I: I don't block any content;
Scenario II: Same as Scenario I, but I don't click ads;
Scenario III: Same as Scenario II, but I don't look at the ads;
Scenario IV: Same as Scenario III, but an opaque overlay is placed above the ads;
Scenario V: Same as Scenario IV, but the ad content is furthermore moved outside of the viewport;
... My scenario: I don't GET ad content. Or any content I decide not to GET.
"they have a lot more right to do it, if it's in their TOS" I am in a cybercafe in Matakana. What is this TOS you speak of?
The internet is an open medium. You want to trade our (edit: both mine and the server's) bandwidth (ads I would GET, but not pay attention to) for your content? Fine. I'll pipe it to /dev/null. Or save us both the effort, and not GET it at all.