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Laziness.
Plus, if it’s too many ads and too much tracking, maybe it’s my using the thing that’s the problem.
This is my exact feeling as well. Too lazy to worry about blocking the ads; too dissatisfied if I have to deal with too many ads.
Yea. And all the work and effort put into ad blocking maybe could have been better spent on working how to create spaces and platforms that didn’t require ads?
Can’t help but feel we have moved on from the expectation of things being free on the internet and that ad blocking fanatics are a little stuck in the past.
Y'know, I used to feel the same on that sentiment, but then I realized it's like me saying "why invest in suntan lotion when you can stay inside on hot days?" But some people like to go out into the sun even in summer, so wearing suntan lotion is the smart, sane thing to do. Just because I like to reminisce about how nice it was to go for a jog in the winter doesn't invalidate that people like to go to the beach in the summer.
I think we absolutely should expect and strive for a better, more free internet. But if you're gonna tread the risky waters of the internet, then you should put on some adblock.
Some of us are ignorant though, so I'll continue raw-dogging the internet and probably get my identity stolen again.