no one is &#x27;stealing&#x27; anything and elevating the notion of adblocking from &#x27;unethical&#x27; (it isn&#x27;t) to &#x27;theft&#x27; (which it definitely isn&#x27;t) is exactly the sort of language-twisting that corporations attempt to employ and legitimise to where we don&#x27;t even think about it.<p>as many others will explain on HN: i own my hardware; the code i choose to run or not run on my machine is my choice. got a problem with that? feel free to shut down your web site or put it behind a paywall. i have a whole shelf of books that i should be reading anyway rather than surfing the web. i won&#x27;t miss your web site one bit. i promise.