Let me propose to you a similar claim, presented from a different angle: you are not automatically entitled to any revenue for something you created and publish

Let me propose to you a similar claim, presented from a different angle: you are not automatically entitled to any revenue for something you created and published on the Internet. Even though you slapped ads on your site, that doesn't mean users must interacts with those ads in a way that will prove you with revenue. The one way to ensure that anyone who uses your site will provide you with revenue is to make them pay for it. There's nothing inherently wrong with that: it has its pros and cons, like every other business model. What I'm trying to get across to you is the idea that the morality of ads and ads blocking isn't as simple and clear-cut as you obviously like to think. Calling people who use ad blockers leeches won't solve whatever concrete problem made you post such a bitter comment. Here's a question for you: is it okay for me to go to your site and then, after the content is rendered, use Evernote Clearly (or some other readability tool) to re-render that content without any ads? If not, why? Is it because Clearly is another program and you drew an arbitrary line at using software instead of, say, covering parts of screen with paper? On the other hand, if you answered "yes" to the question about using a readability tool, then would it be "okay" if I used some tool that behaves just as if the ads were being rendered, but it doesn't render them? I'm guessing "no", because that starts to sound unethical. So how about a separate extension that auto-activates a readability tool after the page is rendered? In other words, where do you draw the line? Or better yet, can you draw the line as clearly as you thought and enjoy your moral high ground? Or should you try to be more flexible and realize that you can't really have it all and there are always trade-offs in every approach you might take? Maybe it just boils down to a realization that "all complex ecosystems have parasites" [1] and it's not necessarily a bad thing. [1]: http://craphound.com/complexecosystems.txt http://craphound.com/complexecosystems.txt