They'll defend their right to use adblock militantly and then go pirate a game using the same defense. It's a personal moral defense rather than a logical justification.
Yeah, no, on second thought--it's probably that we're actually pirates. That's a much more obvious answer.
there's no point at which you putting M&Ms on your lawn can be self-sustaining. Both professional journalism and fish populations CAN be self-sustaining (from the perspective of individual consumers).
Also, even if your analogy did make sense, the end result would be no more M&Ms (aka no more professional journalism). That's the outcome we're trying to avoid.
The tragedy of the commons is entirely about that lack of responsibility. This is why we try to use social structure in lieu of 'free for all' decision-making.
A. If you think vehemently defending adblock is 'militant', grow up.
B. Using adblock has nothing to do with pirating games.
Make better ads. People might want to see them. Don't be so repetitive, abrasive, deceptive, obnoxious, etc. (Google made quite a lot of money by offering text-only ads, if you'll remember.)
You can't make a completely useless and shitty product and demand that people eat it, either. Talk about 'entitled'.
[1] - Seeing and increase in ads for lawn mowers after purchasing a lawn mower, as if I needed another one.