It is borderline malware at that point.
I don't like ads but I still want to contribute to the sites so I just pay with contributor: https://www.google.com/contributor/welcome/
Disclosure: I work for Google but those opinions are my own.
I don't like ads but I still want to contribute to the sites so I just pay with contributor: https://www.google.com/contributor/welcome/
Disclosure: I work for Google but those opinions are my own.
Publishers generally don't have to opt in: if you're a publisher advertising with AdSense, and a visitor shows up who uses Contributor, they'll see "thank you for being a Contributor!" and you get a micropayment from them into your AdSense account.
(Disclaimer: I work for Google, on things completely unrelated to ads.)