This is not an ethical issue. You don't get to just send whatever information you want to my computer because you paid some underemployed 20-something 50 bucks

This is not an ethical issue. You don't get to just send whatever information you want to my computer because you paid some underemployed 20-something 50 bucks to slap together a listicle. If publishers want people to look at ads, then provide useful, non-obnoxious ads. I have precisely two sites whitelisted in adblock, Penny Arcade and Reddit. Both are known for screening their ads to be unobtrusive and relevant to their audience.