&quot;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.&quot;<p>Ad blockers don&#x27;t just block external ads, they use CSS rules to block internal ads as well.  So the only way to avoid ad blockers is to make advertisement completely indistinguishable from content.<p>Imagine if Google did that, if they made sponsored results competent indistinguishable from organic results.   The uproar would be loud.