Glad to see this point of view represented. I have never found the indignant reaction to the use of ad blockers very believable.

Advertising is predicated on lies, by definition, and I am only interested in making consumer decisions as far from the influence of marketing departments as is practicable. Advertising is the very worst that capitalism has to offer.

Moreover, I am not interested in being distracted by ads, ever.

If the the web turns out to be a house of cards that crumbles without billions of dollars of vapid ad revenues, then maybe that's a positive evolution.