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Having to pay to visit all of the sites out there which are currently using ads would pretty much ruin the internet for most people. Having a big banner at the

Having to pay to visit all of the sites out there which are currently using ads would pretty much ruin the internet for most people. Having a big banner at the top asking for donations seems to work rather well, though. See gnu.org and wikipedia.org for examples (though Wikipedia's donation campaign this year is a bit excessive IMO).

w1ntermute 12y ago
FYI, you can hide the Wikipedia donation campaign banners by putting this in a userscript that @matches http://*.wikipedia.org/* http://*.wikipedia.org/*: setTimeout(function() { fundraisingBanner.hide(); }, 1000);
- 3pt14159 12y ago
  Or just sign into your wikipedia account.
- fwn 12y ago
  This ublock custom rule worked for me: ||https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/special:bannerloader
tomjen3 12y ago
I consider them ads and use adblock to block those as well.