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Originally Posted by Maker
There is a mid point between zero ads (fully blocked) and being bombarded far too much.
I think most would be ok with a few reasonable ads to cover hosting costs. But when the ads interfere with seeing the content people are here to see, then that is beyond the mid point. Such cases force people to get ad blockers, and site gets zero revenue. So their bombarding ad delivery choice actually costs them more than a reasonable style.
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Sponsors pay to advertise. They pay, whether someone looks at their ad or not. They get some revenue return from click-throughs (people who click on the ads to see the website of the advertiser).
So they don't lose anything by my choosing not to look at them. And they won't gain anything from me, if I didn't have an ad blocker since I'd never click on them anyway.
If ad blockers and pop-up blockers stopped working on this website, I would stop using this website. So they'd end up with fewer active members (since you can't delete your account), less traffic, and less overall revenue.
I know if they started charging a subscription I would definitely opt out.