This is why I personally don't like using an ad-blocker.
If I have ads blocked, then I'm blind to the problems that the average internet user faces. I end up viewing, reading, tweeting, talking about sites that are flat out reader-abusive in their advertising. As a web developer, my sense of the state of the internet is warped.
With ads turned on, I end up avoiding those sites and seeking quieter places. I have a better understanding of what normal people see.
I would like it if that were a tenable position, but it's really not IMO. There's too much cross-site tracking, and most importantly, too much malware distributed as advertising.
If I have ads blocked, then I'm blind to the problems that the average internet user faces. I end up viewing, reading, tweeting, talking about sites that are flat out reader-abusive in their advertising. As a web developer, my sense of the state of the internet is warped.
With ads turned on, I end up avoiding those sites and seeking quieter places. I have a better understanding of what normal people see.