This is a serious impending problem for Safari users. The web has become nearly unusable without a high-quality, uncompromised ad blocker like uBO.
Otherwise I'd be stuck in apps that have at least some vested interest in keeping ads reasonable.
I still use Firefox with uBO and enjoy being able to hide all those annoying headers, footers and overlays.
Edit to add: These solutions will not be as convenient as the current state of affairs, I contest that.
Nobody needs to wait on the internet - you can just go right ahead and type!
"there's EBay..."
You're saying that for a business to be successful on the internet they need to get their money from buying and selling goods on eBay instead of running adverts? Or that they'll sell adverts on eBay? I'm puzzled.
If ads are the only way to "make money on the internet" then we've created a monster whose only sustenance is advertising and it is its time to lay down and rest eternally.
If that means a third of the internet no longer exists... even sites I have at one time enjoyed, then so be it.
If I can't block normal YouTube ads, I mute the sound and avert my eyes for the duration of the advert. I don't do that for embedded static advertising.
Many of these sponsored ads ask for access to the YT analytics data for these channels, without which they wouldn't even consider a sponsorship. Add to the fact they all use a tracking link.. etc.. So yes, they're not personalised, but that doesn't mean you're not being tracked.
Idem with ads.
True, but you could also say same about state of advertisement on TV. I think this problem is quite far away, as most people don't use them. Also major players are/will be actively throwing obstacles for average Joe to install ad blocker.
Also consider impact of platforms like patreon, et al. A lot of small time one-person content creators are being supported mainly by it. So there are quite few people who are willing to support quality stuff (disproving idea that people are trained to get everything on the internet for free and ads are only way to make living).
Which would be a good thing.
The internet will be fine without ads and tracking.
Sites are free to block me if they want... plenty of other sites I can go to.
Beyond that I have no issue with websites having to move away from ads and towards a paid model instead. I actually welcome it. I want to be the client, not the product. I want more websites to offer me the possibility to pay for an ad-less experience.
No, it's a myth, the web doesn't work like that. There are many millions of websites, but only some thousands can actually make enough on ads to sustain themselves. And most of them can survive if everyone starts blocking ads. It's online advertising companies and adtech industry that are going to fold if everyone starts blocking ads, not anyone else.