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You bring up a terrific point. The ads are simply not loaded. The user is accessing an external server, and it's up to them what to load.

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Indeed, a user could likewise load only the HTML and ignore all images, scripts, CSS and suchlike. The user is in control, and that's how it should be. I am not obligated to view ads any more than I'm obligated to view any other part of a website.

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