I&#x27;ve been using ad blockers for years.<p>I currently do webcomics, an area whose most effective business model has historically been founded on ads.<p>I don&#x27;t run ads on my comic. I used to but I decided to make &#x27;no ads&#x27; as a goal on Patreon; I reached it and now my stuff is ad-free. A prominent cartoonist offered to sponsor my entry into a profitable collective and its ad network, and I&#x27;m not entirely sure I want to take this offer. Because then I&#x27;d be going back to ads.<p>On the other hand, part of how I grew the audience that lets me make enough money off of my comic to turn off ads is by running ads elsewhere. Not having them on my comic feels kind of hypocritical. I dunno.