[tremon]

See, I don't think you are morally obligated to "view" any ads, just that you shouldn't block them.

And if ads were purely static images, served from the same source as the article, you would have a valid point. But as it is, not blocking ads leaks possibly identifying information (e.g. [1]) to untrusted (by me) third parties.

[1] https://lwn.net/Articles/570534/