[ssowonny]

Adblockers can be likened to piracy, similar to downloading movies from torrents.

It's true that service providers should be mindful of ad usage to avoid alienating users. However, using services and bypassing ads equates to appropriating the service's property.

If you disagree with a service's monetization methods, it's best not to use it. Don't steal it.

[wolfendin]

It can’t be likened to piracy because I am asking the website for a document, they’re giving it to me, suggesting I download other documents, and I am deciding not to.

I am not taking something they own by force on a ship.

I am not distributing their intellectual property to others without authorization.

[mynameisnoone]

Except you're offering their bullshit Hobson's choice: submit or live like a Mennonite. Anything now that doesn't involve you jumping at the chance to hand over larger and lager piles of money is deemed "unpatriotic" and "criminal". That sort of groomed consumer bullshit can GTFO.

[627467]

How should someone know the terms of use BEFORE being served the data (including the terms)? It's not stealing if you're broadcasting.

[mynameisnoone]

Remember shrinkwrap EULAs? You agree to a EULA you can't read beforehand by opening the box or shrinkwrap.

Now, there are perpetually-changing EULAs you don't get to agree to that just change underneath you, and are rarely notified about.

[jpambrun]

I would first need to see the site to get a sense of if I agree with the monetization, but at that I would have seen the ads.

Hence I block all ads,if a site has a nag screen about ad blocker, I block it from my searches with Kagi. I wish it already had a block list for that so I never see these sites at all. Sites who does that are typically of very low quality anyway.