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

Thats exactly why I use blockers and a filtered DNS Service.

Do you know if there are filter lists that recognize this difference to let simple banner ads pass the filter?

@krokofant Not off the top of my head. If done right they shouldn't trigger any blockers -- e.g., just serve images from the same host as the rest of content, without any nasty JS.