> Well, for me the whole point of blocking ads is because they are often big flash things that hog cpu and memory. If you don't want to screw publishers out of

> Well, for me the whole point of blocking ads is because they are often big flash things that hog cpu and memory. If you don't want to screw publishers out of compensation for their product but also don't want Flash running arbitrarily on your browser, change your plugin settings to click-to-play (I know Chrome has it but I'm pretty sure Firefox does too). It has the added benefit (for me) of being able to open most video streams in a new tab the way I do with every other article and then consume it at my leisure later.