Ad blockers are good. On one hand, advertising on the internet makes it possibile to have free services and websites, so that even people who can't afford a su

Ad blockers are good. On one hand, advertising on the internet makes it possibile to have free services and websites, so that even people who can't afford a subscription can see the content and IMO is better than data mining as a source of revenue for content providers. On the other hand, it's super-annoying. The rise of ad blockers will make content providers introduce the possibility of paying to access the service with no ads, so that those who can afford it or care can pay to get it with no ads, and everyone else can still get it with ads. It's not really realistic to pretend that some services don't make any money, because after a while there would be no good quality content to go to. Ad blockers are perhaps finally changing the idea that everything on the internet MUST be free, and getting people used to paying for what they want to use.