I use Google Contributor [1], which _effectively_ functions as an ad blocker, one that compensates website owners for the ads they&#x27;re not displaying.<p>A different, but equivalent, way of looking at the product is that Google Contributor lets me essentially enter a op ad in the advertising auction for any web page I visit; if my bid wins, I see a placeholder instead of the ad. One nice side effect of this scheme is that the ads that do make it through are generally of high quality, since they&#x27;re the ones for which some advertiser managed to outbid me.<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.google.com&#x2F;contributor&#x2F;welcome&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.google.com&#x2F;contributor&#x2F;welcome&#x2F;</a>