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		Periodic on Dec 17, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Google says ad blockers will save online ads If ad-blocking got popular and sites tried to get past it I believe those sites would likely lose some of the customer's respect as they would be disrespecting the customer. Which site do you want to go to:, the annoying one that forces you to watch an ad, or the one that just has a few less-obtrusive ads that you might block? Which one is going to benefit more from network effects and draw in more users?

earlyresort on Dec 17, 2009 [–]

Someone who pays nothing is not a customer.

Periodic on Dec 17, 2009 | [–]

You can be a customer of the site without be a customer of their advertisers.

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