I don’t use adblocking because if a site is so revolting that it requires adblocking to make it usable, I just don’t visit the site at all. I used to use adblo

I don’t use adblocking because if a site is so revolting that it requires adblocking to make it usable, I just don’t visit the site at all. I used to use adblocking but the tiny site Distrowatch made an impression on me. The owner rigged something so that those using adblock also would not see non-ad images. He said it’s really not fair to visit a free site and then block the thing that allows it to be free. Also, I then read that one of the adblockers would take payments from advertisers to unblock their ads. What a racket. So I block no ads. This does mean that I don’t look at the vast bulk of news sites because they have obnoxious ads. However, most decent news sites are now pay walled, and those that aren’t are junk anyway. I get my news from some sites I pay for, and from non-profit email newsletters, and from sites my employer pays for. These have few ads. So I have found no loss from not using adblock. Adblock is like putting on a bulletproof vest to walk through a warzone. Better to just keep out of warzones.