> I don't use an add blocker, because I have a very strong mental add blocker not to buy anything I see on the internet. Ad blocker is never about blocking the

> I don't use an add blocker, because I have a very strong mental add blocker not to buy anything I see on the internet. Ad blocker is never about blocking the ads themselves since five years ago or so. Since then, the point is always to block tracker and fingerprinter scripts in the ads (sometimes these scripts are almost malicious [0]) to reduce the information collected by advertisers (and abusers of the ads system) while browsing the web. I actually miss the plain old banner ads without shenanigans, they need to come back. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20288768 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20288768