[jen20]

Many things do not give you that option, and the ads are obnoxious and invasive to privacy. If that is the only option, you will get nothing from me, and your ads will be blocked.

Furthermore if there is a content subscription involved, I will only ever consider it via Apple because I refuse to risk having to telephone someone to cancel something I signed up for online.

The well has been poisoned by an obnoxious industry and that industry is unlikely to ever gain even a modicum of respectability.

[npc_anon]

You're just retrofitting reasons to justify the behavior I describe.

Forget about those reasons. They don't matter. They can have merit or not, it's irrelevant. Because the behavior takes place regardless. When people can legally avoid paying for something whilst still consuming it, they'll do that.

The idea that if only ads were more privacy-friendly people would not block them or start paying for content at any scale is laughable. They won't. When there's a free path, people take that path.

[jmholla]

Then why do people pay for services like Spotify, Netflix, and other subscriptions when they have the ability to pirate?

Further, ads are often sold as a way to keep access "free".