Comment Re:We need a spam filter for radio (Score 1) 244
Spam is irrelevant to this matter. AdBlock is indeed a good analogue. You did note that I prefaced the second paragraph with "follow your choice to its logical conclusion", right? Yes: if a large enough fraction of New York Times' site's visitors use AdBlock (or ignore the ads using more old-fashioned means
It's a simple bargain, at the end of the day. You can think the content is useless, and not allow the owner to sell your attention to advertisers; or you may like the content, and then you either must put up with ads, or pay for it. Liking the content, but then proceeding to pay someone else to circumvent the ads is just perverse. If everyone does it, Pandora is gone. If just you do it, you're a free-loader.