> Contrary to popular opinion, people want to see ads. I'd like to see some data supporting this opinion. I'll form the contradictory opinion that no-one reall

> Contrary to popular opinion, people want to see ads. I'd like to see some data supporting this opinion. I'll form the contradictory opinion that no-one really wants to see ads but most recognise that some form of advertisement is necessary to lower the cost of access to some information. Rather and a _want_, it's more of an acceptable evil, sometimes. There is probably a threshold at which ads become acceptable, and that probably involve their level of intrusiveness, perceived relevance/usefulness and the privacy risk they pose (although I would guess that the implication of that last point probably fly under the radar of most regular users as it needs some technical understanding of how the web works). Ads on the internet are nothing more than spam, a privacy risk and some are just outright dangerous. This industry is pretty much out of control and its bad actors deserve to disappear. They probably still have a few years left before ad blocking becomes mainstream enough that it hurts them enough. We'll all be forced to find new -hopefully better- measures to keep having some of the content we love. Hopefully, some of the fluff content whose sole purpose is to feature ads will also disappear. Good riddance I say.