> I just used a PC without adblock yesterday and the browsing experience was horrible. Popups, which hide the content and have no close button(appears after 10

> I just used a PC without adblock yesterday and the browsing experience was horrible. Popups, which hide the content and have no close button(appears after 10 seconds), blinking ads, flash ads and other colorful ads. Exaggerate much? How much horrible would the "browsing experience" be without the sites to which you "browsed" since advertising is _currently_the_only_monetization_model available to online publishers wishing to provide free content? But seriously, your gross-exaggeration is in-line with every other slashdot refugee I've seen. The truth is very different (unless you've visiting dodgy sites), I've never browsed with an ad-blocker as I feel ads are a fair exchange for the efforts of those trying to provide free content. And, I've never had the experience you're attempting to pass as reality. Just sayin'