If you do not view the adverts on the web, does that make you a thief?
The critics of the Firefox web browsing software application and the Ad Block Firefox extension equate all the users of Ad Block Firefox extension to thieves. According to the critics of the Firefox a web browsing software applications, the Ad Block Firefox extension prevents the owner of the website from earning revenue that he or she otherwise would have earned due to the presence of the ads on the web page.
Since the end user of the Firefox web browsing software application is consciously and willingly making use of the Ad Block Firefox extension, he or she is preventing the owner of the website from earning money and is no different from a thief who steals money.
Needless to say, there are glaring holes in the logic put forth by the critics of the Ad Block Firefox extension. For starters, the owners of the web sites cannot impose an obligation on the end users of the web browsing software application to view the web pages along with the advertisements.The end users of the Firefox web browsing software application have the freedom to choose whether they want to view the World Wide Web with adverts or without adverts.
Just as you do not to visit a particular website because you do not like its content, you have the freedom to reject a website because of the intrusive advertisements hosted on the same.
Now, if you make use of a tool that the filters the advertisements and allows only the content to pass through to you, surely that cannot be held against you. The owners of the web sites seem to have forgotten that the presence of advertisements on the web sites is ancillary and incidental.
The basic purpose of the web site is to offer content to the surfers of the World Wide Web. The fact that the surfers of the World Wide Web happen to visit a particular website enables it to host advertisements on the same and charge for the same.
Advertisements find their way to the website only because of the popularity of the web site and the popularity of the website is the result of the decision of the end users to visit the website on a regular basis.
In such a scenario, it is indeed strange that the owners of the web sites are claiming the right to post advertisements as an inalienable right. The approach of the owners of the web sites reeks of arrogance and indicates a lack of respect towards the visitors.
At no point of time have the owners of the web sites thought about the end users before hosting intrusive advertisements on their websites. Such adverts spoil the web browsing experience of the end users. At no point of time, have the owners of the web sites thought about the comfort and convenience of the end users of the web browsing software application. They have simply focused on their profits and their money and have ignored the end users.It is the Firefox web browsing software application that enabled the end users to get back at the owners. Now, if the owners of the web sites want the end users of the Firefox web browser to disable the Ad Block Firefox extension while visiting his or her web site, he or she will have to ensure that advertisements are not intrusive and do not interfere with the web browsing experience of the end users.
The right to display advertisement on the web site is no longer a right of the owner but is a privilege granted by the surfer to the owner. Needless to say, it is the Firefox web browsing software application that has changed the way the World Wide Web works.
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