&gt;  if websites wouldn&#x27;t display ads and other website owners wouldn&#x27;t buy ads, how would end-users find out about products, content, apps, etc?<p>Word of mouth?<p>&gt; Wouldn&#x27;t that take us to a &quot;medieval age&quot; of browsing the internet?<p>I would love this.<p>&gt; Why do you block ads?<p>I don&#x27;t.<p>&gt; Please don&#x27;t include answers like &quot;saving bandwidth&quot; or &quot;keeping my ram unused&quot;, i&#x27;m looking for ^real^ reasons for which ads are bothering.<p>The main reason many people block ads is because it&#x27;s hip to do so.<p>I wrote some of my thoughts regarding advertising on my website: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;GNU.moe&#x2F;thoughts&#x2F;ads.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;GNU.moe&#x2F;thoughts&#x2F;ads.html</a>