I never said blackmail, but manipulation. Take the time to read my post again carefully, please.Kameburger said:I don't understand your argument here.
Emotional black mail would be if he showed you pictures of his starving children and said here's what happens when you use adblock, and he isn't doing that in the slightest. He goes so painstakingly out of his way to drive the point home that he is not trying to say that its wrong to use adblock, he is simply spelling out how it effects the escapist and himself as well as your part in that equation.
To spell this out for you, If you want to criticize him and not contribute, your opinion is still valuable. If you want to criticize him, not contribute, and be an asshole, then your opinion is valueless (worthless, meaningless, etc).
Most artist and content creators do what they do to interact with their audience, why does it offend you so much when they try to?
Seriously, the way you wrote that post, I almost feel like you're writing to the Make A Wish Foundation, because how dare they appeal to you for donations because those kids will never care about whether or not you're dying.
tl;dr
Calm down!
The value of one's opinion is not determined by whether or not they contribute to Jim's paycheck. Contributing is utterly irrelevant in establishing the value of opinions. Value comes from whether or not your opinion is substantiated, from whether or not you're able to reasonably argue your point. That is all.