I can buy a book and cross out words with a sharpie if I want. I can't go make copies of my edited book and distribute them, but I can do what I want with my copy that I legally acquired.

An ad blocker just edits the local copy. It's not re-publishing the site without ads.

This is grounded in the assertion that a website’s HTML/CSS is a protected computer program that an ad blocker intervenes in the in-memory execution structures (DOM, CSSOM, rendering tree), this constituting unlawful reproduction and modification.

“There are many reasons, in addition to ad blocking, that users might want their browser or a browser extension to alter a webpage,” Nazer says, explaining that some causes could stem from the need "to improve accessibility, to evaluate accessibility, or to protect privacy."

Stylus and Greasemonkey would presumably violate that, for example.

(looking at the world)

Can you not make bull shit

FOR FIVE FUCKING MINUTES?!?

The German government openly supports a genocide, so I don't give a flying fuck what those Nazi shitwanks think about adblockers.

The case stems from online media company Axel Springer’s lawsuit

Think of that as Germany’s version of Fox news.

Ad-Blocker stellen eine wichtige Maßnahme zum Schutz der NutzerInnen im Internet dar, da sie effektiv vor Angriffen durch Schadprogramme schützen, die über extern eingebettete Werbeeinblendungen erfolgen.

Ad blockers are an important tool for the protection of users on the internet, since they protect against attacks launched from malware embedded into advertising banners. [1]

The German Federal Institute for Security in Information Technology.

Another good day to be a VPN provider, I guess.

This just in. Cutting up a magazine or newspaper is also illegal /s

If website developers don’t want browsers to “tamper” with their code in any way, then I say: Go for it. From now on, only perfectly valid websites will be displayed, since leniency toward the rules would in effect change the website.

Headings not in order? “Sorry, this website is broken and can’t be displayed”.

JavaScript error? “Sorry, this website is broken and can’t be displayed.”

Forgot to close a <div>? “Sorry, this website is broken and can’t be displayed.”

An <input> without an associated <label>? “Sorry, this website is broken and can’t be displayed.”

<img> without an <alt> text? “Sorry, this website is broken and can’t be displayed.”

Duplicate IDs on the page? “Sorry, this website is broken and can’t be displayed.”

Can I not choose what executes on my computer?

If your malware is copyrighted, don't send it to my computer

This seems outrageous. If I don’t want to see an ad by closing my eyes, or using an automated mechanism (like an ad blocker), then stopping me should be illegal, not the other way around

Good fucking luck germany

Gah! Et tu, Germany? You were supposed to be one of the good ones when it came to privacy! Who is left now, Switzerland?