Tim Swanson in 2007[1] on ad blocking: There is nothing ethically or morally wrong with an ad-blocker. It is no different than using any other technology to fi

Tim Swanson in 2007[1] on ad blocking: There is nothing ethically or morally wrong with an ad-blocker. It is no different than using any other technology to filter language or explicit content. No one is being harmed nor has property been destroyed or stolen (the owner was not deprived of their property). Plain and simple: if you do not want to pay for the bandwidth and hosting charges, don't put material online. Just because you are trying to make a living does not mean anyone should partake in your business model. After all, should everyone that visits your site be required to click on one of the ads? [1] https://web.archive.org/web/20070422181056/http://blog.mises.org/archives/007149.asp https://web.archive.org/web/20070422181056/http://blog.mises... (Interestingly, in the current link to this article, http://mises.org/blog/whats-wrong-blocking-ads http://mises.org/blog/whats-wrong-blocking-ads , the author credited is B.K. Marcus, despite there being no change in the article.)