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> It's perfectly fine to block them. I think there were some legal rulings IIRC in the UK regarding software to auto mute/block/skip ads on TV/Radio, but for
by Scirra_Tom 7y ago
> It's perfectly fine to block them.
I think there were some legal rulings IIRC in the UK regarding software to auto mute/block/skip ads on TV/Radio, but for the life of my can't find them.
If it was ruled illegal, then it being "perfectly fine to block them" might be correct ethically but not legally, although I suspect the details of implementation might be the important point.
- TeMPOraL 7y agoThat's a very interesting development. If you ever find those ruling, could you send me a message with links to them?
- mantap 7y agoIf it's illegal to mute ads automatically, is it therefore illegal to mute them manually? How can automating a human function be illegal? Computers don't have legal capacity they simply do what humans tell them to. All computer actions are ultimately human actions, I don't see how they can draw a distinction between the two cases.
- j4kp07 7y ago> How can automating a human function be illegal? DDoS