[nikk1]

I agree. IMO, using an adblock is not very different from online piracy. The consumer is robbing the content creator of any kind of profit from their creative work. What is so hard about manually skipping the first 1 minute of the podcast? Or turning down the volume for a while?

If we all start using audio adblockers, advertisers will then develop adblock detectors for podcasts. Then, it is likely we will get completely unskippable ads.

The only moral options are to 1) Power through the ads (or fast forward through them) so that you may listen to the podcast for free 2) Become a premium user to skip the ads (unfortunately this isn't always an option) 3) Don't listen to the podcast

[jorosp]

I don't understand. Why is manually fast-forwarding through ads morally okay, but using an automated adblock is not?