[savingGrace]

My first thought was, here is someone technically skilled enough to modify the css of a page they do not own, yet they aren't blocking ads with an adblocker? I hope they did not waste the time on hiding the ads manually..

[bilekas]

I know many SW engineers that will keep ads on as a matter of principle. They like to support the sites they use the most and believe that giving back in views/clicks is okay.

I'm with you but different folks different strokes!

[jbarberu]

That's what you have exceptions for. (whitelisting)

[mywittyname]

I use Firefox with noscript + ABP for general purpose browsing and default Chrome for Google-related tasks. I find that ads serve as a reminder to think about whether I should be doing something in Firefox instead.