We should stop calling them “ad blockers”. If a site serves up a few banner ads as images like the old days, that’s fine. I don’t object to a site paying the bills, or seeing a banner ad.

They’re malware blockers and privacy protections. I don’t want a site popping up bullshit and trying to track me across the net. If that’s what a site is serving, it’s more than an ad, and I absolutely want to block it.

@jzb I've measurements to prevent trackers. So when a site complains I should turn off ad blocker to support them, I know it's the ads they're trying to serve bringing up those trackers, and I move away from those sites. It has lost a viewer/reader.