A brief history of ad blocking shows it's not a new problem

Rubbish! The only thing wrong with ad blocking is that some overly commercialized websites disallow it.

From the article: Despite this, we also understand that advertising provides a valuable service in shaping and informing consumer behavior, accelerating our economy, and enabling wide consumption of low-cost or free products – such as apps or music – where costs are deferred with advertisements.

Ha ha ha! I will do ad blocking until I no longer control my local network or hardware! As blocking is part of info sec.

I refute this article's premise that ad blocking is a "problem." But the history of the DVR AutoHop and the network lawsuits over it is definitely intriguing - I'll definitely read into this more