I was literally just talking about this with a friend last weekend. We were discussing if blocking ads was in effect stealing content from the people trying to

I was literally just talking about this with a friend last weekend. We were discussing if blocking ads was in effect stealing content from the people trying to monetize their content by running the ads in the first place. I said "I wouldn't mind just seeing a generic ad on a page that was shown to me at random, but the bastards try to track everything you do to better target you."