Not to mention the extreme negative psychological and societal consequences of these ad companies. There's no way ad companies are anything but an extreme negat

Not to mention the extreme negative psychological and societal consequences of these ad companies. There's no way ad companies are anything but an extreme negative even if they fix their security and only deliver inert payloads. Ad companies were a sickness for society and individuals in the days of TV and newspapers and they are a sickness now. Starving them out of business could be seen as a moral duty to oneself and a benefit to society. If content creators choose to partner with such ad companies, they should accept their fate, that of the ad companies. Or they can figure out a better business model. It's not up to the rest of society to sacrifice itself and the well-being of the people in the rest of society so some ad men can make billions or for some content creators to put out a bunch of content that's almost certainly just garbage. We in the rest of society, owe these ad men and anyone who aligns with them nothing. They're lucky that as a society we allow their sick, disgusting manipulation of others to continue ... for now.