<human>: (*Just for clarification. I do not have any products/services that are funded by advertising. So this isn't anything personal; I am sincerely wondering*)

There's a few things that frustrate me with this, simply because I don't understand people's logic with it.

People seem to want things on the web for free, complain about subscription based services but also complain about any ads at all. People who know about adblock tend to use it to block as many ads as possible, not just bad ones (I'll elaborate more on what I mean by bad ones in another paragraph).

Just to clear some things up: I have met a few people that think "*If I'm not going to click on the ad, it doesn't make a difference if I block it or not*" which is completely untrue. Websites/webservices make money from impressions (i.e: the advertisement being loaded on your machine) and they only make **more** money from you clicking on it. So by blocking the ad and not letting it load, you are not allowing the provider to gain anything from your use.

One example of what I think a bad advertisement is:

Reading an article and after about 30 seconds a full page advertisement pops-up blocking the content for a few seconds, and then I have to find where I was again. Giving the content, then taking it away interupting the user's experience; that shit is not cool. I would block an advertiser that does stuff like that, or most likey, just not go back to the site.

Good ads, in my opinion are like youtube. There's a little pop-up down the bottom of the screen that is transparent, doesn't take away from the experience, and you can minimise it. There is also occasionally one in the side bar. You do sometimes get the one before the video begins, but again, this isn't interrupting the video and most of the time you can skip it after 5 seconds.

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<bot>: ) So, yeah, why do people want things for free but won't allow ads to load which would support the product/service being free? Can someone explain the logic behind it?