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While consuming the content, you're avoiding paying some content its price, because you protest how the content guards its commercial interests. Thus, ahoy!

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[–] Brkdncr@lemmy.world -4 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

Sorry, this isn’t an unpopular opinion.

[–] nesc@lemmy.cafe 3 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Actually this is an unpopular opinion or your circle is so different from the average that you are almost aliens, I have yet to meet someone that would sincerely say that they think that not watching ads is breaking social contract.

[–] Brkdncr@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

OP stated that it’s ok to block ads even though it’s piracy. That’s not an unpopular opinion.

[–] nesc@lemmy.cafe 5 points 11 hours ago

His statement reads as "blocking ads is piracy ..." , it's factually not true, not that "it's moral to block ads even though it's piracy". Which still isn't true but can be accepted as not an unpopular opinion.

[–] Aatube@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

i'd say the other comments disagree

[–] Brkdncr@lemmy.world -4 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (1 children)

Everyone is agreeing with the OP that blocking ads is ok. That makes the post “popular”.

This isn’t /c/popularopinion.

[–] _hovi_@lemmy.world 2 points 9 hours ago

Does look like everyone disagrees that it's piracy ngl. Seems to have struck a nerve, but good post imo