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

Indeed - how can an ad blocker know if text or an image on my my site is an ad. It cannot. What it can detect is all the evil stuff and block it. Don't put evil stuff on your site and everybody will see your ads.