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That's changing the topic and avoiding the question.

It's also further defending hostile dark patterns and evading explicitly expressed personal intent.

The browser is a user agent, not a publisher or advertiser agent.

Yes, this kind of tricks by corporations.

I believe the problem is not the ads but the tracking.

Formatting pages to make ad blocking difficult is another example of websites making a conscious choice to thwart user intent.

In both cases, sites are attempting to tie content consumption to content monetization, and users are attempting to get the content without the monetization because they dislike side effects of the monetization.

Most websites track users. Even if they don't try to monetize content or show ads.

you're ignoring political purposes, and the political engagement of even the most vocally apolitical orgs. and you're ignoring abuse of access granted through neglect

Intent matters.

Many sites do this very intentionally, including Facebook. Look sometime at the markup on their "sponsored" disclosures

I would be in favor