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akersten ◴[] No.44333609[source]
Thank you for your important work fighting this battle, it must be exhausting.

The more Google insists on forcing advertising on us, the more we should look closely at the wildly inappropriate and downright scammy ads they are hosting. If they can't leave well enough alone and look the other way on ad blocking, (which is the only way to avoid exposing myself and family to these dangerous ads), they need to be under a lot more scrutiny for the ads they choose to run.

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tptacek ◴[] No.44334295[source]
Or, you could just honor the terms you clearly understand the content is being offered under, and just not use the service.

Not as fun to write about as coercion is, though.

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asadotzler ◴[] No.44334561[source]
Or you could instead give them the middle finger and take anything they put out there. TOS are not binding contracts and until you're contractually bound to do otherwise, taking what they're handing out is completely reasonable.
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1. tptacek ◴[] No.44334751[source]
Alright, but when they give the middle finger back at you in other ways, you made your bed.