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>"I think if your Safari Content Blocker blocks The Deck by default, it’s wrong. I dare you to defend it."

Hilarious. Okay:

I decide what comes up my pipe, into my house, and appears on my screen; opt-in. If you have a problem with me "free-loading", then put your content behind a paywall and I'll decide if it's worth my money.

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Gruber isn't presenting his argument (such as a tweet so simple could be considered an argument) to end consumers - he's attempting to use his influence on (iOS) mobile developers who are creating content blockers - and this is an audience he does have a fair amount of influence on. But again, the genie once escaping the bottle will have chosen to smash it, not to return.

Let's assume the market isn't in a place where most sites can put up paywalls, since users will just turn to free alternatives. This is debatable, but not my point.

If the site had an "opt-in to ads" modal (which set a cookie or something,) would you ever accept?

> since users will just turn to free alternatives

If there are completely free alternatives which are an acceptable replacement how are you going to compete in the first place?

I would never accept that opt-in for an ever growing list of reasons but I'm also the person who donates to sites I like.

>If the site had an "opt-in to ads" modal (which set a cookie or something,) would you ever accept?

No. Maybe I'm jaded from years and years of terrible, manipulative advertising on all forms of media, but no.

But that's no reason to require "opt-out".

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