I remember my first Ad Blocker. It was called Spybot. It modified the hosts file on my computer to block websites that were known to provide Spyware (Mostly thi

I remember my first Ad Blocker. It was called Spybot. It modified the hosts file on my computer to block websites that were known to provide Spyware (Mostly third party Advertisers). I really don't care that much about advertisements, I'm really good at blocking those the old way; mainly by ignoring them. It's an ability honed by living through 90s television and internet. What I do care about is the fact that sites allow unethical third party sites to execute code on my computer and spy on me. Ad-Blocking is nice when using Ghostery and AdBlocker; they make sites load faster and my screen less cluttered. But, for the most part I run them so I can stop allowing advertisers to damage my computer, make me vulnerable to fraudsters, and violate my privacy. In fact, more often than not they degrade my experience when I realize some functionality of a site won't run without some third party advertising platform. Before we worry about implementing ethical ad-blocking we should talk about ethical advertising. With ethical advertisements I'm pretty sure the problem of ad-blocking will solve itself. Sure this will cut some revenue streams from companies, but the same goes for the restrictions on tobacco and alcohol ads.