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I'd happily display ads on websites that aren't incredibly obnoxious. I think ad-blockers need to have some sort of ad-policy or vetting system in place that when websites conform to them, I as a user get prompted with the option to turn ads on to support the website.

I'd much rather that than essentially have to pay out money to browse online.

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This is exactly what AdBlock Plus started doing a couple years ago, and it was met with mass outrage and jumping ship to muBlock.

[1] https://adblockplus.org/acceptable-ads#criteria

I was under the impression that AdBlock Plus started selling whitelist places and that's what user's became outraged over. I may be misremembering though, I only ever scanned post titles

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