Wow! Crazy what happens when you communicate!
I'm not going to turn this into a pissing contest because you feel the need to be passive aggressive in your disagreement. You don't have the right to tell me how I should use my Internet; you're not the government nor are you my service provider, and you definitely didn't create the Transmission Control Protocols/Internet Protocols. So stop your patronizing, holier than thou attitude.
The site in my screenshot? I've contacted their support about the issues, especially with their mobile app. They've got these extremely annoying ones that render 3D assets and take up the entire screen. And they'll pop up randomly as you're using the app as well, which means you'll be in the middle of using it and click the ad because you were about to do something else when it appeared. They responded with a "We're sorry for the inconvenience" generic copypasta message. So I went up the chain and found the actual company that owns the domain and sent them an email. Their response was even better than the site admins. I got no reply back, but two days later I discovered my account had been suspended indefinitely. You're absolutely right, it's crazy what happens when you open your big, fat mouth.
Could I just stop using their services entirely? Of course I could, but why should I have to do that if I like the things they're putting out, but disagree with their financial department? And in some cases, there are no other places to get that same content so there are no alternatives.
I never claimed to be against advertisements. Though under normal circumstances I'll pay the premium for a service if it's available to get rid of them outright. The fact remains though; there are too many shoddy ads out there. The "download now" ones are some of the biggest offenders, but definitely not the only ones. You've got ones that will give people epileptic seizures, ones that play god awful sound effects, the notorious "your computer is infected" ones similar to what you mentioned. And I intrinsically believe that some content providers intentionally use the most offensive, annoying ads possible with the express intent of making you buy their premium services. That is not OK, it's a bully tactic. They are making money either way.
So I iterate once more, I'm not against blocking ads if I feel like they are more obnoxious than they merit. I have my ABP set to ignore sites that I actively support, such as DroidForums, ModDB, and others because I realize that at the end of the day, it's all about making money. But if the site owners are going to be bullheaded about it and just load their site up with whatever garbage pop ups they want, then I will take a personal stand against it. I'm not asking anyone else to, I'm not even saying anyone else should. Because I understand that's each individual person's choice how they want to go about it. These companies have the right to put up ads that bother me, and I have the right to block them if I deem necessary.
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