Stop calling them ad blockers.  They block surveillance features that advertisers put in their ads.  I do not believe that ads would be blocked by surveillance blockers if they were just ads. Absent the surveillance, how would they recognize them?   
If ads were identical to the ads in analogue newspapers then surveillance blockers would let them through.  When I read an analogue newspaper or magazine nobody is knowing if I read the ads or not.  They only know whether they get results from advertising in that outlet. And they know that by tracking.  
They could run ads that don&#x27;t spy on people.  
I always use surveillance blockers.  I never shut them down for anybody.
It is especially offensive when sites that are hardcopy outfits which have gone digital to keep up with the times complain about surveillance blockers.  They certainly know how to run ads that are just ads.  There is no technical difference between the ads and the rest of the page.  The layout is the thing.  They have experience with this and professional advertising people know about tracking results.