[brian-armstrong]

I had to turn my ad blocker off to even see the ad you're referring to. Do you know of programmers who don't run ad blockers?

[skinnymuch]

Of course. Are you saying all programmers run ad blockers? Just visit any [usually divisive] ad blocking Hacker News post and you'll see people who aren't blocking ads. Chances of none of them being developers is slim. Also I don't block ads. So that's one.

[lukepothier]

Of course. I know even more who whitelist sites with ads that aren't overbearing.

[always_good]

I have a hard time believing anybody actually goes "lemme turn off ads on this site to see how they are."

It's just something people say they do online to feel good.