Ad blockers are also cybersecurity. Say it with me.

They reduce malvertising, watering hole attacks, and general malicious script execution. It’s not all about you, ad firms.

@hacks4pancakes can we stop calling them "blockers"? They work by having the browser not load the resource. It's not that they reject incoming data but just not load it in the first place.
When visiting a shopping mall, you get to pick and choose which stores you see.