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> It's important to note that blocking ads is NOT theft. Don't fall for this creepy idea, which is the criminalisation of the inalienable right to privacy.

This is something I've never actually focused on but it's wild the amount of people I've installed AdBlock and ublock for who think it's something nefarious.

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Ads and targeted ads aren’t the same thing, so idk if I agree that ad blocking is per se a privacy right.

Practically, of course, it’s a different story.

Untargeted ads are still a security nightmare. Why would I permit loading and executing scripts / resources from arbitrary domains? Ublock is layer 0 defense against malware and viruses.

Why would an ad need to run a script, use meaningful resources or even be from arbitrary domains?

Those are all practical arguments, but the point I'm making is that advertising doesn't have to be this way; it's the implementation that's the problem, not the theory.

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