[nekopa]

Maybe. But as a single data point (me) I used to read both those sites regularly, but now every time I go there I'm like 'oh yeah.. (back button)'

Funny thing is though, the site 'The Atlantic' had a banner next to an article I was reading saying something along the lines of "Hey, we notice you are using an ad blocker, would you mind turning it off, or signing up for a subscription to support us?" But i was still able to read the article.

After reading I turned the ad blocker off for their site for good.

Maybe something about 'forcing' me to turn off my blocker annoys me, but I find that a site which asks nicely, let's me still read and whose content I enjoy, I am more than happy to turn off the blocker.