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SplatMan_DK

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You are not entitled to remove the ads...
I'll stop you right there. Of course I am. I am my computer's owner and operator. I am the only person entitled to say what processing my computer does or does not do. It most certainly does not answer to the arbitrary dictates of a foreign host which—surprise!—may be a scammer.
I am not going to stop you. But a TOS governs your visit to each URL. You may disregard it, it may not apply to you, and you may find excuses to not give a shit. You are free to not visit a site at all.

But when you do, certain legal, ethical and moral questions come in to play. Whether you like it or not. :)

You are the initiator of the visit, after all.

The initiator of the visit is irrelevant. I walk into Rite Aid for my prescription with the reasonable assumption that I'm walking into Rite Aid only. If Rite Aid decides to sublease their space to Chemical Weapons Testing Inc and the International Brotherhood of Expert Pickpockets without posting notice, and other storefronts around town decide to otherwise expose me to mortal risk without informing me what bad actors they're letting run around their store, I'm well within my rights to take preventative steps to defend myself.

If Rite Aid and Chemical Weapons and Pickpockets Inc are upset that I come in with a gas mask and a tazer, they're welcome to ask me to leave but if they think it's unethical they can pound sand
You're making some really false comparisons, but I doubt I can change your mind. The disconnect is too large. Let's agree to disagree instead. Our fellow Arsians will thank us.
 
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