Ads are designed to make you feel unsatisfied and compel you to buy something you most likely don't need to scratch that itch, which is why I block them (also,

Ads are designed to make you feel unsatisfied and compel you to buy something you most likely don't need to scratch that itch, which is why I block them (also, to alleviate tracking more generally). If forced to watch ads, I'd take untargeted ones any day.