Andrew Lockley

@andrewjlockley I don't want to see ads so I block them. Call me a shoplifter, whatever, I won't cry. @SwiftOnSecurity

@nommopilot @SwiftOnSecurity do you walk out of shops with stuff because you don't like paying for it, too?

@andrewjlockley nope. I wasn't going to buy what was being advertised anyway, so my not watching costs no one anything. @SwiftOnSecurity

@nommopilot @SwiftOnSecurity ah, you are the man who is completely impervious to advertising. Well you're fine then. #twaddle

@andrewjlockley Tell you what though, you're welcome to look at twice as many ads to fill the gap my shirking has created... #pointless

@nommopilot if you give me all your money, that would be a fair comparison

@andrewjlockley umm, no. I'm quite happy to pay money for content I want but I'm not giving up time or attention to 3rd party advertisers

That analogy is both wrong AND dumb. I pay for my internet service already. @andrewjlockley @SwiftOnSecurity

@0llie0llie @SwiftOnSecurity no, you pay for the pipe, not the content

@andrewjlockley @SwiftOnSecurity depends on the site. The only things I pay for are what I buy/contribute to willingly.

@0llie0llie @SwiftOnSecurity ok well quit reading free content online if you don't like ads.

So @andrewjlockley out of curiosity, what do you think of the idea of browsers shipping 3rd party cookies turned off by default?

@0llie0llie up to you if you accept cookies. Not the same as stripping ads out

@andrewjlockley my question is a bit different. Currently browsers (at least some, including Chrome ) automatically accept 3rd party cookies

.@andrewjlockley Unfortunately thanks to malvertising, it is now my job to block Internet advertising on endpoints. It's a security risk. =(

@SwiftOnSecurity @andrewjlockley As a writer, needing multiple research tabs open, can't even do my job if modern ads can run unrestricted.

@doncwrites @SwiftOnSecurity as I writer, the publications I write for can't even run if advertising is restricted

@andrewjlockley @doncwrites @SwiftOnSecurity As a writer, if your business model depends on hijacking reader's PCs, it need a serious change

@J_Arcane @doncwrites @SwiftOnSecurity it doesn't! But my publishers rely on legitimate advertising