Distrust in Big Tech Fuels Adblocker Usage Among 52% of Americans

More like the internet is unusable without one. Not being as easily tracked by some mega corp is just a nice bonus.

Clicks the link. Page renders long enough to re-read the title.

Then BAM! We see you are using an ad-blocker

Somehow I never get used to it and am almost always surprised.

I have the same problem when the power goes out -- I continue to try to switch things on even though power has not been restored. (this is due to ingrained habits not some sort of wishful thinking)

I'm surprised that advertisers do not have more distrust in big tech. I am deeply suspicious of the results that social media gives to advertisers, and I think the number of people who actually see the ads are much, much lower.

The article does not actually establish distrust is the cause of adblocker use. Only that both are on the rise. Correlation is not causation. People can in the same period use more adblocking because ads are increasingly pernicious.