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by latexr 992 days ago
That’s a strawman simplification. If ads weren’t pervasive to the point of overshadowing content, ridden with malware and scams, resource intensive, loud, or privacy invasive, people would tolerate them more.

The continued escalating abuses of the advertising industry made ad-blocking more common. They have no one to blame but themselves.