I use ad-blockers to prevent arbitrary parties from running arbitrary code on my computer. Not because I detest seeing a 5-10 second ad every 20-60m worth of vi

I use ad-blockers to prevent arbitrary parties from running arbitrary code on my computer. Not because I detest seeing a 5-10 second ad every 20-60m worth of videos or seeing a small text block or banner ad or sponsor list off to the side. People use adblockers not only to block unauthorized code but because advertising has become an avenue for fingerprinting and tracking, and thus, longterm, a tool of socioeconomic oppression. People are also fed up with ridiculous loading times and payload size. I have no problem with the way certain hosts choose to conduct advertising on their websites and I try not to block advertising on their websites. There will be stability one day in the form of a truce between advertisers and end users, where lightweight, self-hosted static content that isn't fetched remotely clientside or laden with scripts will find a way to make money in the general market again.