[johnnyanmac]

>I guess the corollary that would follow from MY argument is that they should be permitted to block me from accessing their site if they see I'm not permitting ads

That's pretty much what Medium and many general news sites are doing. I haven't paid for one yet, but I can respect the move if it means they don't need to rely on clickbait to build a customer base.

[mcfedr]

Judging by all the titles on medium, click bait is still an important part of revenue, it's just not driving ads consumption but subscriptions