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We didn’t. The definition of stealing means taking something without permission. Has nothing to do with physical items.
All the people using adblockers and pirating are going to be angry.
Why? I wouldn’t call viewing a publicly accessible site stealing. It’s published to the public, therefore the permission to view it is given.
But even if you do want to classify it as stealing, so what?
Big tech is stealing our data constantly. I have no issues stealing things of my own. 🏴☠️
"without permission"
Explain your point.
I already addressed the fact that you have permission to view public sites.
You have permission under the condition you watch the ads.
If that disclaimer is shown to the user before they enter the site then yes, that would be stealing.
Not sure I’ve ever seen that disclaimer, but I’m sure it exists.
Not really sure what your point is, this isn’t that complicated of topic.
Are you under the impression that stealing is always wrong, and there is zero room for nuance and grey area? That would explain why you can’t wrap your head around this.
It's in the terms and conditions, and the cookie pop-up.