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Firefox Extensions That Cost Sites Money

Written By
MH
Matt Hartley
Sep 12, 2007

[ Thanks to Matt D. for
this link. ]

“It seems harmless enough at first, the desire to keep ads from
overtaking the content you wish to view from your favorite
websites. But what so many people seem to fail to understand is
that many of these content providers are using ads to make a
living. Otherwise, there would be no time to gather the content and
post original works in the first place.

“And while I sympathize with the frustration of readers using
these website resources and not allowing themselves to view
non-intrusive advertising, the approach talked about in
jacklewis.net/weblog is insane…”


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Matt Hartley

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