There's no contradiction; ad blocker usage is common within the industry.

There certainly is a contradiction, but it's so deeply ingrained that using ad blockers is OK that people can't see it even when it's right in front of their faces.

If everyone used 100% effective ad blockers, Alphabet (minus GCP) and Meta would not exist, and nor would the very large number of free-as-in-beer services that make up a large part of what makes the internet useful to people.

	▲	bluefirebrand 2 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		> If everyone used 100% effective ad blockers, Alphabet (minus GCP) and Meta would not exist Sounds incredible. How do we make this paradise happen?
	▲	vkou 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		> nor would the very large number of free-as-in-beer services that make up a large part of what makes the internet useful to people. Whatever replaced them could hardly be worse than the shit we currently have. I refuse to believe we live in a global maximum.