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Ad-blocking is piracy, and that's okay
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this post was submitted on 15 Feb 2026
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There is no law that says "you have to load the ads that are being served when you access a website" (yet).
It goes against the wishes of the content provider, but not against any rule they can legally enforce.
It also doesn't even touch on copyright law.
Therefore, it's not piracy.
Your argument does not follow. You are saying it's not illegal therefore it's not piracy. But most piracy, in most countries, is not illegal, so what does legality have to do with it?
I can download a copyrighted movie right now and I'm not breaking any laws. Which obviously is pirating the movie. Which is not illegal (if I don't share it further).
According to Wikipedia piracy is "downloading content without permission". You yourself said it is against the wishes of the content provider (which you are morally correct to ignore), so it fits the definition.
What am I missing?
We disagree on what "piracy" means.
But that's OK, the word makes absolutely no sense in this context anyway, and is just propaganda to make sharing sound like a violent crime.