No. Clicking a link does not constitute consenting to ads, as the link itself does not come with any legalese saying so. And since I&#x27;m already using an adblocker by default, the content as displayed on my screen gives no indication whether or not I&#x27;m missing anything. So me being a return visitor is also not any indication that I&#x27;ve consented to whatever my browser is not showing.<p>There are a few sites that don&#x27;t work at all with an adblocker, and those sites I&#x27;m happy to not visit again. But the whole &quot;consent by default&quot; is not a valid interpretation of consumer law in the EU, whether you phrase it as freeloading or not.<p>In fact, my browser is muted by default, and I always mute TV commercials (used to have a mythtv plugin for it, even). Are you now going to accuse me of stealing for protecting the silence of my own home?