Just blaming it on people not wanting to pay for content is short sighted. Are there those people? Of course... just like there are people who won't tip if the

Just blaming it on people not wanting to pay for content is short sighted. Are there those people? Of course... just like there are people who won't tip if they have a billion dollars in their bank account... The reasons for ad blocking is long: * Screen Real-estate * Cognitive load * Speed up browsing * Data usage * Distracting * Sound based ads * Pop ups * Pop unders * Security * Tracking/Profiling/privacy * Being cheap - or not having any reasonable route to support random-website-#896796987 I could probably add a few more if I took a few minutes, but the same arguments about MP3s ran rampant. Those DAMN KIDS! with no respect REFUSED! to pay for a full CD! HOW DARE THOSE CHEAP BASTARDS! Then, amazingly... a more flexible model came about and GASP people started buying MP3s. Same for Netflix and other digital content. The problem is peoples privacy, security, screen time, etc are getting thrown under the bus for some random companies profit... You give me a more reasonable model and I'll tone down my Ad Blocking (I allow text based ads on Google.com for example)... until then, you can shove your fake "THOSE CHEAP BASTARDS!!!" argument right up yer kiester... Now get off my lawn dammit.