There are, in order of importance to me, exactly three reasons why I run an ad blocker: 1. Compromised ad networks are one of the most common ways malware is d

There are, in order of importance to me, exactly three reasons why I run an ad blocker: 1. Compromised ad networks are one of the most common ways malware is delivered these days. There's been at least one major ad network compromised a year every year for the last 5 years. I don't trust ad network providers to secure their software, which means I cannot trust any website which uses the ad networks. 2. Ads are as much about tracking as they are about promoting. A specific website may get minimal tracking information but the ad networks above the sites are following me around the internet, and the websites are enabling the ad networks by buying into a centralized tracking system. This shows a disdainful and disrespectful attitude towards my privacy. By ignoring this downside to their revenue model, websites are downstreaming their revenue problems onto random passers-by. 3. Most websites really are taking the piss with the amount of ads they show, and it makes their websites load slowly and look like poop, especially on phones. Website owners are starting to focus on #3 and that's nice, but if 2 and 1 aren't dealt with it doesn't matter. Solve the security problem, solve the panopticon problem and solve the aesthetics problem, and then we can talk. Until then, I'm blocking all ads and no amount of shaming will make be care about the problems this causes to people relying on shitty business models. And by the way, solve it as a group. There are billions of websites out there, I don't have enough care in me to bother maintaining a list of good-acting sites and periodically audit them to make sure they haven't relapsed. Obviously I'm just going to block all ads universally, you're a very entitled person if you think I should find enough time in the day to do otherwise. If you're running a site that meets these criteria then great, you're now a community leader. Go put pressure on your peers until enough of them change that I can feel comfortable uninstalling my addons globally.