I don't use ad blocking software! So it can't be considered that I'm using some kind of cop-out or rationalization, since I'm not doing the thing that is suppo

I don't use ad blocking software! So it can't be considered that I'm using some kind of cop-out or rationalization, since I'm not doing the thing that is supposedly bad. I think there's a huge difference between what's legal and moral. I think ad blocking is quite legal, and morally questionable. If the publishers want to get together and define a new protocol where acceptance of the terms of the TOS is included in the standard and then convince everyone to switch to it, they're free to do that. I suspect that they won't have any luck, but there's nothing stopping them. Again, I say this as a person who does not use ad blocking software.