Is there some sort of odd 'bubble' thing going on here? Is there anyone out there who doesn't work at an advertising company that cares about this? Are people o

Is there some sort of odd 'bubble' thing going on here? Is there anyone out there who doesn't work at an advertising company that cares about this? Are people on HN simply playing devil's advocate? I don't know anyone who cares for advertising or for the relevant business models one jot. Considering it 'unethical' to block ads is simply laughable. I don't want them to exist at all! When I browse the web I don't want random blobs of capitalism shoved down my throat at every opportunity. I don't want an SUV. I don't even want to know such a thing exists. The 'paying for content' angle is so far off the mark it makes me feel as if I have some sort of mental illness. I can't even think of the words to describe how the statement isn't even 'wrong', it's just nonsense. Allowing Mega Big Corp to bombard my brain so that an artist can eat is a broken paradigm. What gives them the right? Lots of people like Mega Big Corp, so I should be battered into submission until I fall in line too? They have 'money'? I don't want 'money' on my Internet. It wasn't like this, before. I don't care about how 'obtrusive' your advertising is. I don't care what colour it is, whether it's animated, what font you use. I don't want it. Just like when I take a walk in the forest I don't want cars. I don't care how 'unethical' you feel me blocking adverts is, either. Use your men with guns; and forcibly lock me in a box. Prevent me from doing it. Then we'll see who's 'unethical'. edit: WRT 'not going to the sites'; it's just not a realistic option, is it? The equivalent for TV would be not watching it. The equivalent for living in a city (ex. London bus ads, tube ads, billboards on roads, etc) would be not living in a city. If you don't want to consume advertising there is no choice left. It's either block ads, try to cognitively block ads, or simply don't interact with society/culture any more. (I actually do try to limit myself to ad-free sites, not out of an ethical compulsion, but because often they're just better in general; e.g. HN, Wikipedia, forums/mailing lists, etc)