I understand everyone's frustration around this issue, I hate site that block adblocker users as well. However, this article is an example of unethical journalism.

TL;DR

Article says "Well, how about they start treating their ad inventory with at least a percentage of the care with which they treat their content?"

The researcher who discovered the issue says "Forbes almost immediately reached out and we started a dialog. We shared logs, events, and descriptions of the ad."

In contrast, when the researcher reached out the correct the Engadget article that started this and quoted him, he got no response.

Yea, the Tech Dirt article is suggests a bunch of nefarious stuff, but doesn't actually state anything unambiguously.