[nobody9999]

>If everyone did that? Probably very positive in terms of energy and resource use, positive in terms of less things to worry about for the businesses - and very negative for all the bullshit adtech jobs that wouldn't be needed anymore.

It's not just the annoyance factor, it's the bloat from ads. In fact, something like 48% of retrieved data[0], on average is ad related.

Getting rid of those ads could cut client (and server and network) energy draws significantly. And we could further reduce energy usage by not needing add-ons like ad/tracking blockers and stuff like NoScript[1].

I browse with js disabled and, unless I need to visit a particular site, I'll just close the tab if js is required -- as the bloat, the security risks and the hubris of js overuse is just too much.

[0] https://www.nextpit.com/ads-consume-half-of-your-mobile-data

[1] https://noscript.net/

Edit: fixed spacing of referenced links.