Granted, it's unlikely that they would say anything if they were extorting people as you describe... but from just the other day: https://adblockplus.org/blog/a

Granted, it's unlikely that they would say anything if they were extorting people as you describe... but from just the other day: https://adblockplus.org/blog/acceptable-ads-explained-monetization https://adblockplus.org/blog/acceptable-ads-explained-moneti... Discussion (somewhat lacking): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11182174 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11182174