The nub of the thread is: these sites have put up ad blocker blockers, so you can&#x27;t see the content without disabling your ad blocker. And yet when you do you are either exposed to full screen or video auto play ads, or in some cases, malware: 
<a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.extremetech.com&#x2F;internet&#x2F;220696-forbes-forces-readers-to-turn-off-ad-blockers-promptly-serves-malware" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.extremetech.com&#x2F;internet&#x2F;220696-forbes-forces-rea...</a><p>Given that Reddit is a large source of incoming referrals this stance (if implemented) might be a sufficient lever to send a signal to get those sites to improve their environment.<p>In any case since the sites are still able to use curated self hosted ads (ie not JavaScript redirects to externally hosted providers) they are able to sell static ad space to make money even with adblockers enabled.<p>It might be worth seeing what the outcome for the experiment is (if it goes ahead) and then seeing if the same logic would work for HN.