[bruceb]

I don't get blocking some ads. What does it hurt to have a basic banner add next to the story you are reading? They took the time, effort, and money to create content you want to read why block it? I understand blocking ads that take over your page but not basic ads.

[J_Darnley]

Where is this banner coming from? Whose servers are you contacting to get it? Whose javascript is it running? Is it loading flash or java rather than an image? How many people end up tracking you for requesting "one banner"?

As far as I am concerned the advertising industry has screwed themselves over by allowing security threats to be delivered via their networks.

[300bps]

Several years ago, thousands of people were infected with a virus from an ad that snuck its way onto reddit by exploiting a Java flaw. I was one of those people and I have run ad blocking software ever since.