Makes me think of the littering ads from the 70s (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keep_America_Beautiful https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keep_America_Beautiful). It

Makes me think of the littering ads from the 70s (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keep_America_Beautiful https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keep_America_Beautiful). It focused on how littering was bad, but was led by many of the companies producing the stuff that was the litter. That is instead of them attempting to reduce the production of waste the ethical blame was moved people using their product. It's not a perfect comparison because litter still is bad and I don't think ads always have to be. However it is similar in that we generally believe the production of ads is the default therefore blocking ads is unethical. As opposed to giving users alternate methods of funding your work. (Feels like these are popping up more so maybe ad blockers are making a small difference.)