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I have mixed feelings about ad blocking. People who get really mad about it puzzle me -- do newspaper ads piss them off? They know that newspapers and magazines are as cheap as they are because those media sell ad space, right? Ditto TV. Cable and print media would cost way more if ads weren't allowed. Many websites couldn't be free without ads. Treating ads like some new, evil thing the web has invented ignores the role advertising has played in all "disposable" (i.e., non-book) print media basically forever.

That said, ads on the internet ARE sometimes much MORE annoying than print ads. They jiggle, blink, and (arrrgh) talk. I find I can tune them out, though, mostly, and I don't block them because I feel like putting up with the ads is part of accepting the gift of huge swaths of free content on the web -- which is a better deal than newspapers and magazines, even.

If I could selectively block ads that I feel abuse my good will, though, I would. That includes ads that slide over and obscure content, often with intentionally hard-to-find "close" boxes; ads that slide open, pushing down content and screwing up my reading experience; ads on slide shows and videos that must be watched in full before you can experience the media (could you please just wrap the player in an ad instead? sheesh); and, to some extent, ads that startle the heck out of me by yelling things at me.
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