I had never blocked ads, since sometimes they&#x27;re actually interesting, until the recent spate of malware propagated by ad servers.<p>AdBlockerPlus (Chrome extension) allows ads as long as there&#x27;s no video, animation, or js shenanigans. That seems reasonable enough to me.<p>It&#x27;s actually been amazing how nice things are with faster page loads, and fewer annoying distractions...not to mention no video&#x2F;audio autoplay.<p>I for one would rather not see an ad versus ad blocker arms race.