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 That's why my primary adblocker is Noscript. I don't care if you send a few ads my way, but automated ad buying where the winner gets to run arbitrary Javascript on my computer for tracking? No.
@murph @jzb The problem is that these ad/tracker-filled sites are running enough JS to really affect your PC. Even at idle, these pages are way too busy.
@passthejoe @murph @jzb If I try loading Stripe on my current laptop while I'm running AppleWin the laptop might freeze.