The turning point for me is when banner ads added sounds. I would tolerate and ignore the flashing lights and the fake "games", but then I encountered one that any time my mouse went over top of it an emoji screamed "HELOOOOOOOOO!!!" at me and I couldn't download an ad blocker fast enough.
It's never enough for these assholes unless they have all of your attention all of the time.
This is easily solved by not using 3rd parties and tracking data for ads. If the ad was just part of the page (similar to an ad in the newspaper) then ad blockers would not be able to detect them at all. A YouTuber saying "before we get started, this video is sponsored by [relevant related company]" does not get blocked by ad blockers.
However, in order to do that websites would be responsible for the ads they display. If they don't do their due diligence they won't be able to pass it off as "we're not responsible for it, it's our ad company that put it there." They don't want to be responsible for the ads they show, but they want you to be responsible for the ads you don't watch.
Advertisers will always keep pushing things trying to find the limit where people will just barely tolerate it. Then when they push it too far they cry "no fair!" When people stop putting up with it.
Are they trying to get a mistrial in order to avoid the fallout of a potential "not guilty" verdict as well as the potential fallout of a "guilty" verdict?
The “which one” was in reference to the original comment. Which was about Epic.
So we were talking about epic. Glad we cleared that up.
Dictionaries generally (because each one is going to have a slightly different definition) define it as having complete control over a market.
So it's not a Monopoly then.
Whereas a lot of the monopoly laws and departments define it as having over a certain percentage of the market share, even if it isn’t 100%
And seeing as Valve appears to not be running afoul of these laws, not a Monopoly then.
Because the only people who support it are students and academics and think tanks.
I own my own home, I support my wife with my single income, and we have enough savings that recently being unemployed for several months did not cause any financial hardships.
I support UBI even though I personally would not benefit from it, and I should be taxed more in order to help people who are struggling.
Not everyone operates under "fuck you I got mine".
Taxes on corporations and the rich, savings on overhead from existing programs that will no longer be required.
I was listing all the bad things Steam does and never mentioned Epic. That's on you projecting so much.
You used the phrase "which one" a lot. That is incoherent nonsense unless you are talking about at least 2 entities. "Which one" was the second entity?
even if that ain't the dictionary definition
So not what that word means.
Fascist countries are well known for their spotless record keeping easily accessible to the public.
Right, the US isn't going to murder you, they'll just deport you to some other country you've never been to and that country will torture and murder you!
How many tourists to Mexico are having problems with cartels vs how many tourists to America are having problems with ICE?
I personally feel no need to get sponser block because:
Everything the ads do to force you to pay attention it to (like not being able to fast forward) makes it easier for ad blockers to detect and block.
Everything the ads do to demand your attention (by being annoying as fuck) drives people to block them.