[anigbrowl]

Of course, but not the right to be successful in doing so. Most sites where I have adblock enabled have too many ads to the point of making it difficult to navigate the content. OTOH, I don't block ads from google, since they are visually restrained and unobtrusive.

[coryl]

Alright, so why don't content producers have a right to be successful in showing advertising? I understand you can do whatever you want with your computer, but that doesn't get to the root of our ethics discussion. I think its a cheap escape to answer with "because we have the right to look at what we want". After all, you knowingly are taking money (or the opportunity thereof) from the host, have all the upside of your relationship and then burden no cost, why do you get that right?

Lets not specify any particular brand or types of advertising for the sake of discussion, all advertising is just advertising.

[anigbrowl]

After all, you knowingly are taking money (or the opportunity thereof) from the host, have all the upside of your relationship and then burden no cost, why do you get that right?

Because you chose to present it that way in hopes of maximizing your revenue. Maybe you would be better off using a paywall. Personally, I don't think it's so simple in terms of all upside, since I may jsut as easily visit a content provider only to have my time wasted by copypasta or inaccurate reporting or whatever. Frankly, I would rather consume fewer products of higher quality, and am willing to pay not to have to look at advertising, but no simple mechanism exists for me to opt out from the ad-supported model on most sites.

Lets not specify any particular brand or types of advertising for the sake of discussion, all advertising is just advertising.

Not from my perspective. I'm quite willing to have products or services suggested to me in the form of advertising, but I'm not willing to be shouted at with garish visuals, distracting animations, or misleading taglines. I think there's a great deal to be said for the strict guidelines that Google imposes on adwords advertisers.

You may not distinguish between different kinds of advertising as a content provider, because the revenue it generates is fungible. I care a great deal about it as a content consumer because it imposes a time cost upon, which is highly variable depending on the content of the advertising.