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by matheusmoreira·6y ago·view on hn ↗
> writing the authors of a website to change it

Has this ever worked?

> each website provides you a content under a certain conditions

They just send me HTML when I make HTTP requests even though I haven't seen, read much less agreed to any terms.

> the browser is not here to let you "steal" every content while absolutely ignoring the conditions.

The browser runs on the user's machine. It exists to serve the user, not to enforce "give us access to everything as payment, take it or leave it" non-negotiable terms.

And that's how things should be.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/07/adblocking-how-about-n...