[guiambros]

> "I filter out..."

> "I avoid ads... companies that I don't trust"

> "I feel more comfortable..."

> "...my personal data...""

> "I don't have to sit through..."

> "I get what I came for, then I leave"

> "I hope some day more of us can look beyond immediate personal benefit."

Look, I'm ok if you want to be individualistic and say "screw the creators, content producers, journalists, and everyone else I'm freeloading their work for MY personal benefit". It's immoral in my book, but it's certainly not illegal.

But at least be honest with yourself, and stop pretending you're doing this for the greater good of human society.

[zelphirkalt]

You can try to frame it in whatever way you want, but that does not change the fact, that you have zero idea, whether or how much I support creators that I like. It would do you good to not just assume things on the basis of someone's browsing and ad blocking habits.

[HumanOstrich]

That's reasonable. So, out of all the content you consume, for what percentage of it do you contribute to the content's author/creator/company? How much value per year?

[zelphirkalt]

Enough so that, if everyone able to do the same did the same, it would pay for my and their consumption many times over.