Ben'Pay to remove ads' is such an awful insidious now common phrase. Give us money or else we'll do this to you. If you don't pay us, we will control your experience. We will force ourselves upon you unless you meet our demands. Modern day protection racket.
✧✦Catherine✦✧@TheBreadmonkey do you feel the same about paywalls? at least ads can be usually stripped with adblock...
Peter Brett@whitequark Perfectly happy with the LWN paywall, for example. I wish our local newspaper had a “no ads but if you don't pay you only see articles that are at least a month old” policy. I'd subscribe instantly.
Instead there's only a “pay not to get nagged to pay”. You'll still see ads and get tracked! Why would anyone pay for this?! @TheBreadmonkey