Under the current system, ads are a vector for surveillance, annoyance, and malware, so I block them with no regrets, and help my less nerdy friends do the same

Under the current system, ads are a vector for surveillance, annoyance, and malware, so I block them with no regrets, and help my less nerdy friends do the same. I have no problem with non-annoying and non-tracking ads, like the ones you find in printed magazines and newspapers. I also have no problem with subscriptions. I would only pay for a few, and plenty of sites would probably go out of business if they moved to a subscription model, but that's fine by me. There are too many sites dedicated to pumping out garbage to fill the holes between the ads, instead of writing things that people are willing to pay to read.