londrum - 9:17 pm on Sep 14, 2007 (gmt 0)

comparing websites to TV and magazines doesn't really work - because the user pays for the content on TV and magazines. and the money that they spend ends up in the pocket of the people who provided the content.
so if users want to ignore the ads then it's fair enough - because they've paid for the content anyway.

but with the web, they don't pay for the content... any money that they do pay (for the cost of the computer, and phone lines etc) doesn't end up with the content provider.

so they are viewing the content for free. but people can't create the content for free. they need to earn money to do it. and if you take away their means of making money then there will come a day when they can no longer provide the content.