I hope not. I'll take ads over payments any day. But apparently I'm in the minority with my ability to work around ads stress-free, completely ignoring them and their influence.

Conversely, I seem to spend so much energy working around ads, popups and other injected junk -- for my security as much as my sanity -- that I would welcome a small monthly bill for the privilege of never seeing them again.

I don't know which of us is in the minority. Maybe both of us.

Except by blocking them, if they hit your eyeballs, ads have done their job. If they could beam ads directly into your brain: guess what...

No one is immune to propaganda. Say that 10 times.