Au contraire; I resolved years ago never, ever, to buy anything that anyone shoved in my face and forced me to pay attention to.
By blocking ads, I keep open the possibility that I’ll buy something from someone who’s got an ad on the website, even though that person (corporation) was stupid enough to try to annoy me.
I figure that’s generous on my part, cutting them more slack than they deserve.
If I let the ads through, I’d be far more limited in what I’d allow myself to buy.
How stupid would I have to be, to need advertising?
What I need, and get, is search tools and conversations.
They told me that adding HTML and web search to the Internet would make searching much easier.
I fell for it.
I didn’t realize that meant tools used searching for me and access to my information.
To truly appreciate how useful the Internet can be after removing distractions:
use Netnews with a well edited Killfile.
Choose never again to see whatever annoys you in unproductive ways.
After the US Constitutional Convention, Ben Franklin was asked:
Doctor, what have we got, a republic or a monarchy?”
Franklin responded,_ “A republic, if you can keep it.” _
The Internet gave you access to the world, bidirectional, as and when you made your own choice.
Notice how it’s trying to change and become the ruler of you.
Your time is your own — if you can keep it.