since the whole issue here is obviously about ads placed in the rendo layout for site intern or extern products and NOT about permission to use artists' art in ads...

here is my input concerning ad blockers: as long as i used a pc or rather a netbook, of course i wouldn't even dream of not using one. i lived almost without ads for years. hence i never realized how infested the whole web, including my favorite sites, was really. but my netbook decided to dump me, leaving me with my smartphone and a friend's leaned tablet, both android. there is a version of the same adblocker as an app - however as i looked at the permissions needed for this app, the list was quite long and i got the impression that this app was quite intrusive. i opted to not use it, and couldn't find a satisfying alternative (ok i didn't search for long, thinking i'd be back on a computer soon, but i'm still stuck with the useless tablet...). so, i'm 200% pro adblocker, but i guess in certain cases it's impossible to use one, which leaves the door open for ad infestation, and i'm not happy about how renderosity looks like at the moment.

and putting ads where people exhibit their art, however big the ads are, is shameless. there are ethical limits where business/profit making is concerned, and imo rendo has clearly overstepped them. tho' while the eyesore is there, yes why not pay out the artist whose gallery is being defaced ~

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IN THE END, MERITOCRACY HAS NOT ONLY PERMEATED OUR DAILY LIVES AND WORK, BUT ALSO OUR HEARTS, OUR MINDS AND OUR PERCEPTION OF ART...